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Shares Of Walgreens Boots Alliance Higher Following Strong Same-Store Sales
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 11:21am | 248Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) on Tuesday reported that December sales rose 10.2 percent to $7.92 billion from $7.18 billion a year ago. Total front-end sales rose 3.5 percent while comparable store front-end sales rose 2.6 percent. At the same time, customer traffic in comparable...
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Consumer Confidence And Housing Data Take A Back-Seat To Markets
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2263U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...
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Market Wrap For March 12: Nasdaq Ends Losing Streak, Dow Mildly Lower
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 4:51pm | 2142U.S. stocks were little changed as investors found no new positive (or negative) developments from Ukraine and no new economic reports from China. Stanley Fischer, the nominee for Federal Reserve vice chairman will deliver a prepared testimony ahead of his confirmation at the Senate Banking...