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Rite Aid News Archives

Rite Aid News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | Montreal Gazette

Jean Coutu bounces back, posts $14.9M profit in second quarter

Canadian pharmacy chain Jean Coutu reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday as retail sales increased significantly despite economic conditions.

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Related Topix: Retail

Fri Oct 30, 2009

PennLive.com

Rite Aid seeks 2010 tax assessment reduction from Cumberland County

Rite Aid Corp. has appealed its 2010 Cumberland County property tax assessment for its East Pennsboro Township headquarters, stating the county's $13.9 million estimate does not represent the actual value of its property.

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Related Topix: Retail

Bloomberg.com

Rite Aid Shareholder Coutu Says Chain May Need to Sell Some U.S. Stores

Rite Aid Corp. board member and largest shareholder Francois Jean Coutu said the retailer may need to sell stores in western U.S. states and nab competitorsa sales in the east to return to profitability.

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Related Topix: Retail, Canada, Camp Hill, PA

TheStreet.com

Rite Aid Sales Slip, Prescriptions Hurt

Rite Aid reported a 0.5% slip in October sales, dragged down by front-end sales and the roll-out of new generic drugs.

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Related Topix: Retail

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Results included after-tax net expenses of $11 million related to the November 2008 privati... RACINE, Wis.-- --Modine Manufacturing Company , a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today reported its financial results for the second... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- --Virdante Pharmaceuticals today announced its debut with ...

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Racine Metro, Racine, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Lake City, Retail

Tue Oct 27, 2009

SOA World Magazine

RothmanResearch.com Undertakes Study of DIS, RAD, AEO, SWC, LLL and CI

On this day, we have begun tracking the following companies as they have shown remarkable correction in recent days, you can access these free reports with a number of other reviews by signing up for your complimentary membership at: http://www.rothmanresearch.com/ Companies been researched today are: Walt Disney Co.

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Related Topix: Media, Walt Disney, Television, Retail, Apparel, American Eagle Outfitters, Mining, Stillwater Mining, L 3 Communication Holdings, Telecom, Cigna, Insurance

Sun Oct 25, 2009

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Related Topix: Retail

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Met deze twee oplossingen is D... PURCHASE, N.Y.-- --IntegraMed America, Inc. , today announced that it will host an investment conference call and webcast to review its financial results for the third quar... CAMP HILL, Pa.-- --Rite Aid Corporation announced today that John Standley, president and chief operating officer, and Frank Vitrano, chief ...

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Related Topix: Double-Take Software, Software, IntegraMed America, Retail, Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Myers Industries

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the... CHICAGO-- --Zacks Equity Research highlights Pozen, Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Pozen, Healthcare Industry, Retail, Madison, IN

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

TEMPE, Ariz.-- --First Solar, Inc. will report financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2009, after market close on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

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Related Topix: First Solar, Healthcare Industry, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services, Camp Hill, PA, Retail, Bensalem, PA

Mon Oct 19, 2009

WebWire

Regular Seasonal Flu Clinics In Select Rite Aid West Coast Stores...

Camp Hill, PA . - Mollen Immunization Clinics, the nurse clinic provider scheduled to administer regular seasonal flu shots at select Rite Aid stores in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, has notified Rite Aid it has cancelled the clinics scheduled today through mid-December. Regular seasonal flu shots still can be obtained ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Camp Hill, PA, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Healthcare Law, Law

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Today, Zacks Equity Research discusses the U.S. Banks Industry, including Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , Com... CHICAGO-- --Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Financial Markets, Freddie Mac, Medicine, SonoSite, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Retail

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Drug Store News

Rite Aid chairman, CEO honored by The Skin Cancer Foundation

CAMP HILL, Pa. The chief executive at one of the largest drug store chains was honored with an award from the Skin Cancer Foundation.

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Related Topix: Skin Cancer, Cancer, Medicine, Health, Retail, Camp Hill, PA

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Reuters

CVS cuts short flu-shot clinics due to shortages

CVS Caremark Corp will cut short its flu-shot clinics due to manufacturer delays in delivering influenza vaccine, potentially weighing on hopes that customer flu-shot visits would help sales of other products.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Retail, US News

The Daily Times

AGH putting clinics in Rite Aid

BERLIN -- A hospital is partnering with a national drugstore chain to put walk-in medical clinics inside three area stores.

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Related Topix: Retail, Berlin, MD, Ocean Pines, MD, Pocomoke City, MD, Ocean City, MD, Columbia, MD

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Drug Store News

'Fright Aid' coupons help shoppers save

CAMP HILL,A Pa. To help customers get their spook on for less this year, Rite Aid is offering in-store "Fright Aid" coupons worth more than $30 off select merchandise including Halloween and fall seasonal goodies.

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Related Topix: Retail, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Tue Oct 13, 2009

MarketWatch

Supermarket chains downgraded ahead of earnings

"Investors need to consider the prospect of structurally high overall unemployment for the next several years and its impact to both sales and any prospect of margin recovery," said Pali analyst Bob Summers in a research note.

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Related Topix: Supervalu, Food, Retail, Grocery, Kroger, Safeway, Walgreens

WebWire

Fujifilm and Rite Aid Make Halloween Picture Perfect

FUJIFILM U.S.A. Inc., a market leader in providing complete retail photo imaging solutions, and Rite Aid Corporation, one of the nation's leading drugstores, today announced their Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest.

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Related Topix: Retail, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Hobbies, Scrapbooking, Photography, Arts, Cameras, Marketing

Mon Oct 12, 2009

KVAL-TV Eugene

Who's got flu vaccine? Do you?

KVAL News checked with area pharmacies and health centers regarding availability of the seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Retail, Eugene Metro, Eugene, OR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Costco 4Q profit falls 6 percent but tops views

Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percent, partly on the stronger dollar and increased employee benefit costs, but results beat analysts' estimates.

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Related Topix: Retail, Costco Wholesale, Manufacturing, Jabil Circuit, Electronics, Walgreens, Business News

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Bloomberg

CVS, Walgreen Have Spot Shortages of Seasonal Flu Shots as Demand Surges

CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co., the two largest U.S. drugstore chains, are experiencing spot shortages of seasonal-flu vaccines because of increased demand.

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Related Topix: Walgreens, Retail, Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US News

Associated Content

Rite Aid Rewards Customers with New Savings Program

With the economy being in such bad shape and everyone watching how much money they are spending, it really helps when a business takes notice and does what it can to help it's customers save some money.

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Related Topix: Retail

Thu Oct 08, 2009

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Alabama AG blocking DA suits against pharmacies

Attorney General Troy King has asked judges in five counties to throw out what he says are meritless suits brought by the district attorneys in the counties.

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Related Topix: Retail

American Chronicle

News and FDA Updates for Rite Aid

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Retail, Opinion

The Daily Times

AGH, Rite Aid to run health clinics

BERLIN -- A hospital is partnering with a national drugstore chain to put walk-in medical clinics inside three area stores.

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Related Topix: Retail, Berlin, MD, Ocean Pines, MD, Pocomoke City, MD, Ocean City, MD

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Smithfield Times

Health Department runs out of regular flu shot vaccine

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor Residents wanting to get a regular seasonal flu shot at the Isle of Wight County Health Department may have to wait awhile.

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Related Topix: Smithfield, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Retail, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Kdka.com

Rite Aid May Change Pregnant Women Flu-shot Policy

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Related Topix: Retail, Harrisburg, PA, Camp Hill, PA, Pittsburgh, PA

Myrtle Beach Online

Neiman Marcus holiday book offers nod to recession

With even super affluent shoppers tightening their Gucci belts, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Neiman Marcus Groups, Retail, Apparel, Nike, Footwear, Libraries, Business News

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Daily Record

Ex-Rite Aid CEO, Baltimore firm fight Brown's fraud suit

The ex-CEO of Rite Aid Corp. and a Baltimore law firm that represented the chaina s founder have moved to dismiss the fraud lawsuit brought by Franklin Brown, the firma s former general counsel.

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Related Topix: Retail, Baltimore Metro, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

Canada.com

Jean Coutu in black in second quarter

Jean Coutu Group Inc., Canada's second-largest publicly traded drug retailer in Canada, posted net earnings $14.9-million, or 7 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $39.1-million for the second quarter ended Aug.

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Related Topix: Retail, Canada, Camp Hill, PA

Fool.com

Hertz So Good

Hertz won't let someone else scribble "Wash Me" on its windshield. The auto rental agency is suing Audit Integrity and its CEO for publishing a study that singled out Hertz as one of the 20 large companies supposedly most likely to file for bankruptcy over the next year.

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Related Topix: Retail, Cable & Satellite, Media, Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio

Mon Oct 05, 2009

TheStreet.com

Macy's, Rite-Aid on Ropes: Analyst's Toolkit

Retailers resemble zombies after the longest recession since the 1930s. Macy's and Rite-Aid are struggling to stay solvent, while others have suffered revenue declines for several quarters in a row.

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Related Topix: Retail, Business News

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Darden 1Q profit rises 15 pct even as sales fall

Darden Restaurants Inc., owner of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains, said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit rose 15 percent even as sales fell because food costs were lower than expected.

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Related Topix: Darden Restaurants, Restaurant Management, Orlando Metro, Food, ConAgra Foods, Manufacturing, Jabil Circuit, Electronics, Retail, General Mills, Agriculture

Sat Oct 03, 2009

American Chronicle

News and FDA Updates for Millipore

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Scientific Instruments, Environmental, Millipore Corporation, Retail, Opinion

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Investopedia

Rite Aid Continues Its Losing Ways

Rite Aid Corporation , one of the big three drugstore chains, reported another losing quarter last week, and although the losses were trimmed from the same second quarter a year ago, it was the ninth straight losing quarter for the beaten down drugstore chain.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Markets, Walgreens

MSN Money

Walgreen September same-store sales jump, shares slip

In-store flu vaccinations helped Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, post a 5.3 percent jump in September sales at its stores open at least a year.

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Related Topix: Walgreens, Retail, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

Medical News Today

Rite Aid Launches Its Annual Year-Round Campaign To Help Patients Manage Diabetes

Rite Aid has kicked off its annual campaign on diabetes management by supporting the American Diabetes Association, the leading diabetes voluntary health organization, and dLife, the leading online diabetes resource, in the fight to stop diabetes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Retail, Pop/Rock, The Association, Recipes

Thu Oct 01, 2009

American Chronicle

News and FDA Updates for Cleveland BioLabs

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Cleveland BioLabs, Biotech, Retail, Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Opinion

MarketWatch

Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

Polymer Holdings LLC on Thursday filed to raise up to $230 million in an initial public offering with underwriters Credit Suisse and BofA Merrill Lynch.

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Related Topix: Credit Suisse Asset Mnagement Income Fund, Financial Services, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Retail, MarketWatch, Startups, Scientific Instruments, Semiconductors, Teradyne, Electronics

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