CVS, Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill this month
CVS and Walgreens announced that they will begin dispensing the abortion drug mifepristone in pharmacies in some states later this month. Officials from the two largest U.S. pharmacy chains said in interviews Friday that they were certified to dispense mifepristone under guidelines issued last year by the Food and Drug Administration. The New York Times […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average adds Amazon, axes Walgreens
Amazon will be replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced after market close on Tuesday that the changes would take effect before the start of trading on Monday. Walgreens has been part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since replacing General Electric Co. in 2018. “Reflecting […]
Walgreens Closures ‘Life-Threatening Acts’ of Discrimination
Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley claimed on the floor of the House that the recent Walgreens closing on Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was the result of racism. Mr. Chairman, Walgreens is closing yet another pharmacy in Seventh, Massachusetts – this time on Warren Street in Roxbury, an area that is 85 percent black and Latino. […]
‘Walgreens Isn’t A Welfare Agency’: Jesse Watters Mocks ‘Squad’ Member Who Called Store Closure Racist
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday slammed Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who claimed the closing of a Walgreens in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood was motivated by racism. Walgreens closed stores, citing changes in consumer buying habits and the market. according to NBC to Boston. Mr. Watters called Ms. Presley after she blew up […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley accuses Walgreens of racism over Boston store closure
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) claimed earlier this week that recent closures of Walgreens in the Boston area were tied to racism. Members of the far-left “squad” of Congressional Democrats accused the Illinois-based company of “life-threatening acts of racial and economic discrimination” over its decision to close a pharmacy in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Wednesday. accused […]
Pressley slams Walgreens closures: ‘Racial and economic discrimination’
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) called the pharmaceutical conglomerate Walgreens a “Black-American” after the company announced new store closures in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods in Massachusetts. “We have withdrawn from the dark-skinned and dark-skinned communities,” he said. “When Walgreens leave their neighborhoods, they disrupt entire communities, taking with them baby formula, diapers, asthma inhalers, life-saving […]
Walgreens, Mobileye, Apple, APA, Callon, Peloton, and More Stock Movers – Barron's
After starting the first two trading days of 2024 with a loss, the stock was mostly up on Thursday. Bond yields were rising as strong employment data and investors dialed back expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Walgreens Boots Alliance fell 8.1% after the drugstore chain cut its quarterly dividend by 48% […]
Walgreens quarterly profit beat helped by higher drug prices, cost cuts
Stephen Wieting, Chief Economist at Citi Global Wealth, joins Making Money to discuss investing in the Great Market Reset. U.S. pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday cut its dividend by almost half in a bid to save more money, even as the company reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit thanks to cost-cutting measures. Rising drug […]