Walgreens Boots Alliance

Walgreens To Buy Half of Rite Aid Stores For $5.2 Bn

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US pharmacy chain Walgreens announced a new deal on Thursday to buy half of competitor Rite Aid’s stores for nearly $5.2 billion after canceling a two previous merger attempts. The Walgreens Boots Alliance announced merger plans with Rite Aid Corporation in October 2015 and revised the deal in January with a plan for Rite Aid … Read more

JP Morgan and Goldman Lead Dow Higher

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JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs were the best performers on the Dow Wall Street markets rose in early Wednesday trading, with big banks leading the list of the Dow’s gainers. In the opening minutes, the Dow Jones was up 0.4% to 20,771.97, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3% to 2,367.31. The Nasdaq added 0.2% to … Read more