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Walgreens riding out economic storm, propelling surge in chain’s stock price
It could have been so much worse.
That conclusion, apparently, is what investors drew from Walgreens’ sales and earnings report for the second quarter ended Feb. 28. And it was enough to push the company’s stock price up sharply and burnish the investment outlook for other drug retailers: even Rite Aid’s stock price responded with a nice up-tick.
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Rite Aid announces flu clinics at more than one thousand stores
CAMP HILL, Pa. Nearly 1,300 Rite Aid pharmacies will offer a one-day flu clinic on October 21, 22 or 23, the drug chain announced Monday. Flu shots are available at no cost for patients with Medicare Part B health coverage and $30 for all other patients; pneumonia shots are available for $45.