Walgreen (WAG -0.1%) lands a 3-year contract to provide drugstore benefits to AARP members, extending a relationship between the two organizations that dates back to 2006. The deal could provide a much-needed boost for Walgreen (+1% YTD), as rivals Rite Aid (+23%) and CVS Caremark (+10%) are outperforming it so far in 2012. [View news story]
WAG is too big anf. It moves too slow up trend. Wonder if I should hold on it shares?
A federal judge yesterday confirmed a preliminary injunction blocking the FDA from forcing tobacco companies to put gruesome health warnings on cigarette packaging, including a corpse and cancerous lungs. "These mandatory graphic images violate the First Amendment by unconstitutionally compelling speech," the judge explained. [View news story]
A possible reprieve for BofA (BAC), as Julian Assange says WikiLeaks is losing $600K weekly because payment mechanisms have been cut off and may not survive if its finances continue to deteriorate. WikiLeaks has said it's preparing an embarrassing data dump about a major bank, which is widely believed to be BofA. [View news story]
Walgreen (WAG -0.1%) lands a 3-year contract to provide drugstore benefits to AARP members, extending a relationship between the two organizations that dates back to 2006. The deal could provide a much-needed boost for Walgreen (+1% YTD), as rivals Rite Aid (+23%) and CVS Caremark (+10%) are outperforming it so far in 2012. [View news story]
A federal judge yesterday confirmed a preliminary injunction blocking the FDA from forcing tobacco companies to put gruesome health warnings on cigarette packaging, including a corpse and cancerous lungs. "These mandatory graphic images violate the First Amendment by unconstitutionally compelling speech," the judge explained. [View news story]
A possible reprieve for BofA (BAC), as Julian Assange says WikiLeaks is losing $600K weekly because payment mechanisms have been cut off and may not survive if its finances continue to deteriorate. WikiLeaks has said it's preparing an embarrassing data dump about a major bank, which is widely believed to be BofA. [View news story]