Drug Retail

CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in its quarterly dividend of approximately 43%, to $0.125 (12.5 cents) per share on the Common Stock of the Corporation, payable February 2, 2011 to holders of record on January 21, 2011. This...

Graymark Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRMH) signed five additional agreements for its comprehensive sleep medicine services in the fourth quarter of 2010. These new customers bring the aggregate number of signed agreements during the fourth quarter to seven, and a total of 12 for 2010. The locations...

Leading drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported a growth of 0.6% in same-store sales for the four weeks ended December 25, 2010. The company reported a same-store sales increase after 18 consecutive months of decline ever since May 2009, when it had registered positive same-store...

Leading drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported a growth of 0.6% in same-store sales for the four weeks ended December 25, 2010. The company reported a same-store sales increase after 18 consecutive months of decline ever since May 2009, when it had registered positive same-store...

Shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) dropped about 8.7% after the company reported weaker-than-expected Q1 earnings. The company's net income came in at $0.58 per share, up from $0.49 per share, in the year-ago quarter. FDO's sales surged 9.5% y/y to $2 billion. However, analysts were...

Subsequent to the announcement of Walgreen's (WAG) first quarter of fiscal 2011 results on December 22, 2010, majority of the analysts have raised their estimates for the forthcoming period. Previous Quarter Highlights Walgreenreported first-quarter fiscal 2011 (ended November 30) EPS of 62...

Subsequent to the announcement of Walgreen's (WAG) first quarter of fiscal 2011 results on December 22, 2010, majority of the analysts have raised their estimates for the forthcoming period. Previous Quarter Highlights Walgreenreported first-quarter fiscal 2011 (ended November 30) EPS of 62...

Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) had December sales of $6.81 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from $6.34 billion for the same month in 2009. Duane Reade stores, acquired in April 2010, contributed 2.5 percentage points to the total sales increase for the month. Sales in comparable stores (those open at...

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• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) removed Nike (NYSE:NKE) from its Conviction Buy List, but maintained the "buy" rating with a target price of $95 • KBW upgraded SunTrust (NYSE:STI) to "outperform," increasing the target price $33 from $30 • Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) lifted its target price of Apple (NASDAQ:...

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) removed Nike (NYSE:NKE) from its Conviction Buy List, but maintained the "buy" rating with a target price of $95 • KBW upgraded SunTrust (NYSE:STI) to "outperform," increasing the target price $33 from $30 • Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) lifted its target price of Apple (NASDAQ:...

Shares of EQT Corp (NYSE: EQT) gained about 1.1% after the company agreed to sell its natural gas processing complex in Langley for $230 million to MarkWest Energy Partners LP (NYSE: MWE). The companies are expecting the deal to close in the first quarter. David Porges, EQT's president and chief...

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced sales results for December. Monthly Sales For the four weeks ended December 25, 2010, same store sales increased 0.6 percent over the prior-year period. Front-end same store sales increased 0.1 percent while pharmacy same store sales, which...

Jefferies reports that its proprietary store survey of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) suggests that the company's Jingle Cash holiday promotion was quite successful. “In fact, 83% of store managers indicated the promotion helped sales,” Jefferies writes. “Our research heading into the holidays revealed...