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Tuesday | Health Data Management

Strong E-Prescribing Growth for Walgreens

Drug store chain Walgreens filled four million electronic prescriptions during October, nearly triple the number it filled in October last year.

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Related Topix: Retail, Drug Enforcement Administration

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Business Wire

Walgreens CEO to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Consumer and Retail Conference

Walgreens President and CEO Greg Wasson will present during the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer and Retail Conference in New York on Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Retail, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, Healthcare Industry, Washington DC

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Creative Mac

Critical Alerts for Apple, McDonald's, Walgreen's, Coventry Health,...

Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, MCD, WAG, CVH, and LFC.

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Related Topix: Coventry Health Care, Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Retail

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Storm clouds over CVS Caremark

In a three-way contest for national drugstore dominance, the success of CVS CEO Tom Ryan at buying and integrating rival pharmacy chains paved the way for a 2007 deal that broke the mold: the $26 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Retail, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, CVS, Caremark Rx, Healthcare Industry, Rite Aid

Thu Nov 05, 2009

ABC 4

H1N1 vaccine available at Salt Lake Valley Walgreens

Walgreens pharmacy swine flu vaccinations DRAPER, Utah In the same aisle as you can buy mascara and blush, you can now get an H1N1 swine flu vaccination.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Retail, Health, Draper, UT

American Chronicle

News and FDA Updates for iMedicor

A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 10/30/09, iMedicor announced it has received a Scope of Work order from its partner, Franklyn Ideas, LLC on behalf of one of its major pharmaceutical clients.

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

Wed Nov 04, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Some Eatons to become Walgreens

Walgreen Co. is promising business as usual in the stores it plans to keep open as it acquires 12 neighborhood Eaton Apothecary pharmacies in the Boston area from DAW Inc., a subsidiary of Nyer Medical Group.

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Related Topix: Retail, Boston, MA, Danvers, MA, Salem, MA, Peabody, MA, Lynn, MA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Chicago Business

Vaccines help push Walgreen Oct sales up 4.9%

Walgreen Co. said October sales at stores open at least a year rose 4.9 percent, with flu vaccinations driving some of the growth and sales of general merchandise topping expectations.

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Related Topix: Retail, Business News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

St. Paul Highland Park / New twists in drugstore war

The plot has thickened in a spat in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood over a proposed Walgreens drugstore next door to an existing Snyders drugstore.

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Related Topix: Retail, St. Paul, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Sun Nov 01, 2009

St. Louis Business Journal

Walgreens to open Fri. in Lafayette Square

A new $4.5 million Walgreens will open Friday at Lafayette Avenue and Truman Parkway in St.

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Related Topix: Retail, Clayton, MO

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Retailing Today

Walgreens exec honored for work with disabled

Deerfield ,A Ill. Walgreens announced that Randy Lewis, its senior VP supply chain and logistics, will receive the first-ever Productive Lives Award from NARSAD on Friday at the organizationa s 22nd annual New York Awards Dinner at the Pierre Hotel.

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Related Topix: Retail

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Drug Store News

Walgreens confirms departure of Van Howe

DEERFIELD,A Ill. In a major management shift within its talented merchandising team, Walgreens Thursday confirmed that David Van Howe, corporate VP new business development, would leave the company at the end of the calendar year a oeto pursue other opportunities.a Van Howea s pending departure from one of theA nationa s top drug chains had been ...

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Related Topix: Retail

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Franklin News-Post

Walgreens pharmacy coming to Rocky Mount

Deal involves sale of Franklin Minute Market property Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: The Franklin Minute Market will be closed and the space leased, while the gas pumps, underground tanks and canopy will be removed along with Eli3 4 Rodeo Mexican Restaurant and a one-bay car wash shown at right.

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Related Topix: Retail, Rocky Mount, VA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Are Markets in Another Bubble?

The lesson that I have learned is that it isn't reasonable to be agnostic about the big picture.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Apparel, Nike, Footwear, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Retail, Warren Buffett, REIT, Personal Finance

Mon Oct 26, 2009

BioSpace

Nyer Medical Group, Inc. Announces Agreements to Sell Certain Assets...

Nyer Medical Group, Inc., announced today that D.A.W., Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nyer which does business under the name Eaton Apothecary, and Nyer entered into a definitive agreement with Walgreen Eastern Co., Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail

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Holliston Pharmacy Firm Sells Unit To Walgreen

Holliston-based Nyer Medical Group Inc. has sold 12 Eaton Apothecary pharmacies to Walgreen Co.

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Related Topix: Retail

Commercial Real Estate

Walgreen to sublet new 500,000-square-foot warehouse

Walgreen Co. signed a 10-year lease to be the sole tenant in one of Orlando's largest new industrial buildings.

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Related Topix: Retail, Deerfield, IL

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Fond du Lac Reporter

Walgreens seeks liquor license

Walgreen Corporation is seeking alcohol licenses that would permit its two Fond du Lac Walgreens stores to sell carryout liquor, wine and beer.

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Related Topix: Retail

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Walgreen to acquire 12 pharmacies in Boston area

Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. said Friday it would buy 12 Eaton Apothecary pharmacies in the Boston area for about $19 million from a unit of Nyer Medical Group Inc., and Nyer said it would liquidate shortly after the transaction.

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Related Topix: Retail, Business News

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Barrow County News

Walgreens in Winder to open Friday

The Walgreens at May and Broad streets in Winder will open at 8 a.m. Friday. Employees are busy putting the finishing touches on the new drugstore.

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Related Topix: Retail

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