Walgreen Co.

Fund practices patience to maximize profits

2013-04-05 22:08:00

Things at the Nicholas Fund in Milwaukee haven't changed as much as you might expect in its 44 years. Albert "Ab" Nicholas is still running the show, just as he has since it opened in 1969. He's still hunting for attractively priced stocks that his...

Walgreen Co. buys stake in drug wholesaler, gains more market clout

2013-03-19 11:10:00

Walgreen Co. is buying a stake in drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen, giving the drugstore chain greater clout in negotiating prices with drug makers -- and setting its own prices at the retail level. Walgreen could end up owning even more of...

Walgreen's buying spree: Pharmacy chain acquired for $438 million

2012-07-05 08:37:00

Walgreen Co.’s sales have been weak, but that’s not stopping the country’s largest drugstore chain from making a major push to expand, most recently with its $438-million purchase of the USA Drug pharmacy chain. The purchase from...

Walgreen pays $6.7 billion for Boots stake as sales fall, stock wavers

2012-06-19 10:22:00

Drugstore chain Walgreen Co.’s deal Tuesday with European pharmaceutical, health and beauty giant Alliance Boots is one best described with words such as “largest,” “biggest” and “most.” Walgreens, the biggest U....

Regional investment bank aims for a reprise

2011-05-18 00:00:00

Jim Freedman and his partners have been here before. "We call this Act Three," he told me one day recently from the Westside high-rise office of Intrepid Investment Bankers, his new firm devoted to mergers and acquisitions in the regional middle market...

Walgreen Co. warns customers e-mail addresses may be in spammer's hands

2010-12-10 16:34:13

FDA warns companies to stop mouthwash claims

2010-09-29 00:00:00

The Food and Drug Administration has warned three companies that market mouth-rinse products to stop making unsupported claims that they remove plaque and promote healthy gums. The claims suggest the products, which are used by millions of Americans...

Consumer Confidential: More cruises, fewer flu shots, free cones

2010-03-23 16:34:16

Business briefs

2008-03-26 00:00:00

LABOR Walgreen settlement wins OK A federal judge has signed off on Walgreen Co.'s plan to pay $24 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain. About 10,000 past and present black Walgreen workers will...

Is downtown ready for Bottega Louie?

2009-04-29 00:00:00

Bottega Louie seems too good to be true. And maybe it is. A palatial restaurant/gourmet market/patisserie opens downtown-- a marvel of white marble, brass trim and floor-to-ceiling windows that's aswarm with smiling servers. One look at all those macarons...

Allstate investors vote down proposals, back board at annual meeting

2013-05-21 14:30:00

Allstate Corp. investors voted down two shareholder proposals and approved the re-election of its board members at the Northbrook-based insurer's annual meeting. In preliminary results disclosed at the meeting, individual directors received 92 to 99...

Cardinal Health's CEO uses background to think outside the box

2013-05-19 09:34:01

When most people listen to an orchestra, they hear the violins playing the melody. Not George Barrett, CEO of Cardinal Health. "When musicians listen to a piece of music, they hear the inner lines, they hear the viola supporting the harmony, the...

Salary: $1,295,833 Bonus: $0 Stock awards: $6,256,682 Options awards: $2,662,682 Total non-equity incentive pay: $1,150,052 Change in pension value: $18,948 Other pay: $657,304 Photo: Greg Wasson speaks to guests during an 2011 event for first lady Michelle Obama at a Walgreens store that

2013-05-24 10:24:56

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Walgreen Co. buys a stake in major drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen, giving the pharmacy chain more muscle in setting prices.

2013-03-19 10:49:54

Walgreen Co.'s corporate headquarters in Deerfield.

2013-02-05 00:00:00