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• CVS Caremark Posts Higher 1st-quarter Profit

  By Brad Dorfman CHICAGO (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp CVS posted higher quarterly profits in line with analysts' estimates on Thursday, as the addition of Caremark's pharmacy benefits business helped offset the impact of lower-priced generic drugs on drugstore sales. The...

  News items 2008-05-01

  Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Financial accounting, CVS Corp., CVS Caremark Corp., Caremark Inc., drugstore, earnings per share, quarterly profit, analyst, Chicago, sales, Thomson Reuters Corp., same-store sales, mail-order, cosmetics, revenue, U.S., industry, hea

• CVS Managers Don't Know (or Just Don't Play by) the Rules

  Federal labor inspectors found 43 CVS stores changed employee timecards and violated child labor laws. It's not quite a Gap in India scenario, but still, policy was clearly ignored. The department found that CVS violated the law governing how many hours and how late minors can work, and also allowed 78 minors, aged...

  Blog posts 2007-12-12

  Tags: Workforce management, Lori Deschene, CVS Corp., minor

• CVS Shareholders Approve Plan to Buy Caremark

  CVS Shareholders Approve Plan to Buy CaremarkCVS mergerI have looked at article over the internet but have not been able to find out what CVS shareholders receive from the merger. What is in it for them? What options do they have?

  Discussion threads 2007-04-10

  Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial accounting, CVS Corp., CVS Shareholders, shareholder, Caremark Inc.

• BNET Dispatch: March 16, 2007

  Nissan said on today that CEO Carlos Ghosn is giving up his responsibility for the automaker's North American operations to focus on Nissan and its partner Renault of France. Hiroto Saikawa, now an executive vice president for Nissan's European operations, will takeover for Ghosn in North America. Officials...

  Blog posts 2007-03-16

  Tags: Financial services, Joseph De Avila, CVS Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., JetBlue Airways Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Putting E-Commerce to Work: The Japanese Convenience Store Case

  Japanese convenience stores CVS are exploiting e- and m-commerce solutions different from, but relevant to, US practices. Japanese reluctance to make credit card payments over the Internet or via telephones opened the way for CVS to provide third-party payment services, which required substantial IT infrastructure. Now they are leveraging this...

  White papers 2003-05-01

  Tags: Sales channel, Operational accounting, Financial services, CVS Corp., m-commerce, payment service, credit card payment, Internet-infrastructure, IT infrastructure, payment, credit card, e-business, information technology, phone, PC, Internet

• The Six-Legged Horse Race: Why Store Branding Matters in the Battle Between Walgreens and CVS

  The battle between Walgreens (the #1 drug store chain) and CVS its key challenger is largely being fought on traditional fronts such as price / promotion, location and store format. While both retailers have several crucial competitive advantages, a key potential point of differentiation, a strong store brand program, has...

  White papers 2003-01-01

  Tags: Walgreen Co., CVS Corp., brand, branding, competitive advantage, strategy, sales

Additional Resources

• Appellate Division, Third Department Case Summaries: May 7, 2008

  Appellate Division, Third Department Tax Assessments Arm's Length Sales Brooks Drugs, Inc. v. Board of Assessors 03964 Appealed from Supreme Court, Schenectady County Background: The petitioner, now owned by CVS, challenges tax...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• Oscient Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

  -- Conference call with senior management scheduled for 8:30 AM today -- WALTHAM, Mass. -- Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: OSCI) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Oscient issued preliminary revenue results for the first quarter on April 16, 2008. Highlights from the...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• Fitch Places ArvinMeritor on Rating Watch Negative following Spinoff Announcement

  CHICAGO & NEW YORK -- Fitch has placed the ratings of ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) on Rating Watch Negative following the announced spinoff of ArvinMeritor's Light Vehicle Systems LVS group. As information becomes available Fitch will review the details of each entity (including capital structure, bank financing terms and legacy liabilities)...

  Articles 2008-05-06

• ArvinMeritor Announces Plan to Spin Off Light Vehicle Systems Business to Shareholders

  TROY, Mich., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to spin off its Light Vehicle Systems LVS business to ArvinMeritor shareholders, with the Commercial Vehicle Systems CVS business remaining with ArvinMeritor. "The plan to separate our...

  Articles 2008-05-06

• Traditional Favorites and Thoughtful Treasures: CVS/pharmacy Offers a Wide Selection of Mother's Day Gifts in One Convenient Stop

  From Home and Garden to Spa-at-Home, CVS/pharmacy Offers Affordable Department Store-Quality Gifts at 6,300 Locations Nationwide WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy, America's largest retail pharmacy with 6,300 convenient locations nationwide, offers shoppers a simple and enjoyable shopping experience while looking for the perfect Mother's Day...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• WIKI MAN, THE

  If the climate-change debate has accomplished anything, it has proved people never say sorry. When I was about 12 the families of the people who now wince at every gramme of carbon we burn carried on their cars a yellow sticker reading 'Nuclear Power -- No Thanks' (on...

  Articles 2008-05-03

• Purple Beverage Company Appoints Former Red Bull® National Accounts Manager, Lou Aceto, as its National Accounts Manager

  Beverage Pro to Spearhead National Distribution for Purple FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Purple Beverage Company, Inc. (OTCBB: PPBV), today announced that former Red Bull([R]) North America National Accounts Manager, Lou Aceto, has agreed to join the growing beverage company as National Accounts Manager for its antioxidant beverage, Purple....

  Articles 2008-05-01

• CVS Caremark Announces Record First Quarter Results

  DILUTED EPS GROWTH AT HIGH END OF COMPANY EXPECTATIONS First Quarter Year-Over-Year Highlights: * Adjusted EPS of $0.55, which excludes $0.04 in amortization of intangible assets, up 18.3% * GAAP diluted EPS of $0.51, up 17.4% * Net revenues of $21.3 billion,...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• CVS Caremark and JVS Announce Grand Opening of the Boston Regional Learning Center

  Center to Provide Significant Workplace Advancement Opportunities for the Boston Community, Including Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds BOSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today CVS Caremark, in partnership with Jewish Vocational Service and their One-Stop Career Center, officially opened the company's first CVS/pharmacy Regional Learning Center in Boston. CVS...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on XOM, PG, CVS, X and CFC

  CHICAGO, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Strategic Investments releases its Stocks To Watch Guide. The Seven Summits Strategic Investments Stocks To Watch Guide (go to: http://www.iotogo.com/StocksToWatch) provides investors with essential information on stocks that may be poised for a significant move. By featuring hedged...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• Junior Blind Olympics Level the Playing Field for Athletes Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

  Today, hundreds of young athletes who areblind, visually impaired or multi-disabled competed in the Junior BlindOlympics, held at Junior Blind of America's campus in Los Angeles. Theannual event, co-hosted by Junior Blind of America and the Optimist BlindYouth Association, features a wide range of Olympic-style games intended togive all...

  Articles 2008-04-26

• Haldex - First quarter 2008

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: * Sales totaled SEK 2,131 m (2,060). Adjusted for currency exchange rates, sales rose 7%. Order intake totaled SEK 2,242 m (2,170). After adjustments for currency exchange rates, the increase was 9%. * Earnings after tax amounted to SEK 63 m...

  Articles 2008-04-25

• CVS Caremark Corporation to Hold First Quarter 2008 Conference Call

  WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE:CVS) will be holding a conference call on Thursday, May 1, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. EDT with analysts and investors to discuss its first quarter 2008 financial results. An audio webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously through the Investor...

  Articles 2008-04-18

• CVS Caremark e-Prescribing Tool Helps Healthcare Professionals Identify and Assess Impact of Medication Noncompliance

  Data to be Presented in Conjunction with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy AMCP in San Francisco, CA WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey,...

  Articles 2008-04-17