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...That deal was followed by CVS Health’s acquisition of Signify Health for about $8bn. Other private equity groups have also become big investors in healthcare companies....
...At the turn of the month, the head of CVS Health’s anti-theft team told a Senate Committee it currently experiences losses of $200m at its chain of pharmacies, with an average take of $2,000....
...Lidl has opened 37 stores in Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, and plans to have 100 stores along the east coast by next summer....
...CVS Health climbed after it increased the lower end of its profit guidance for 2016....
...Target‘s plans to sell its pharmacies to CVS for $1.7bn sent shares up 1 per cent to $80.48, while Gap‘s decision to close 175 of its stores in North America over the next few years, as it seeks to boost...
...The judge also approved the sale of Wonder Bread, along with most of Hostess’s other bread brands, to Georgia-based Flowers Foods for around $360m....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, already operates more than 4,000 pharmacies at its superstores and warehouse clubs across the US....
...All the buildings were previously drug stores that were acquired and then sold off by CVS, the pharmacy group, as part of the break-up of the old Albertson’s supermarket group in 2006....
...Express Scripts tabled a $26bn offer to buy Caremark in a move by the pharmacy benefits manager that could stymie a $21bn all-stock bid made by CVS , which Caremark has already accepted....
...Albertsons Sav-on and Osco pharmacy chains could be attractive to rivals Walgreens and CVS, who are both expanding their networks....
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