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Walgreen August same-store sales rise 2.1 percent

Yahoo! | 1 hour 40 minutes ago

DEERFIELD, Ill. ? Walgreen Co. reported same-store-sales rose 2.1 percent for August on Friday, just shy of Wall Street estimates.... (more)


Mets' Catcher of the Future Has Memories of Wrigley

New York Times (free registration), The | 1 hour 53 minutes ago

CHICAGO As hard-core St. Louis Cardinals fans living in Breese, Ill., the Tholes cherished few things more than trips to Wrigley Field to watch their team play the rival Cubs.... (more)


Weis Markets plans flu shot clinics

Chain Drug Review | 2 hours 30 minutes ago

SUNBURY, Pa. ? Weis Markets this week began offering flu vaccinations at its pharmacies and later plans a round of flu shot clinics.... (more)


Coca-Cola workers vote for strike after 'derisory 2pc pay offer

Telegraph (London) | 2 hours 32 minutes ago

Workers at Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Edmonton, north London, are to mount a series of one-day strikes in protest at what Unite, the trade union, called the company's "derisory" pay offer.... (more)


Brewers face beer group pressure

SwissInfo | 2 hours 37 minutes ago

Following the announced closure of the Cardinal brewery in Fribourg, swissinfo.ch looks at whether the glass is half-full or half-empty for the Swiss beer industry.... (more)


Walgreen same-store sales miss expectations

Yahoo! | 2 hours 38 minutes ago

CHICAGO (Reuters) ? Walgreen Co (WAG.N) posted weaker-than-expected August sales at stores open more than a year, hurt by generic drug introductions and a decrease in customer traffic.... (more)


Campbell Soup Slips After Missing Sales Target

Forbes | 4 hours 21 minutes ago

Sales come in a little thin for the soup maker and the stock drops.... (more)


An Ad Man's $35 Million Pitch

Wall Street Journal, The | 4 hours 33 minutes ago

East Hampton, N.Y. Jerry Della Femina has spent his life selling everything from Pan Am to Meow Mix. But the advertising executive hasn't yet succeeded with his latest pitch: his sprawling East Hampton estate, which officially hit the market for $40 million last spring.... (more)


Walgreen August same-store sales rise 2.1 percent, total gets boost from Duane Reade stores

Sun (Baltimore), The | 4 hours 52 minutes ago

Walgreen Co. reported same-store-sales rose 2.1 percent for August on Friday, just shy of Wall Street estimates.... (more)




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