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Walgreen Pulls Buyout Offer For Longs
By Alexandria SageSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co WAG withdrew an unsolicited offer to buy smaller rival Longs Drug Stores Corp LDG on Wednesday, citing Longs' unwillingness to enter into talks and a growing financial crisis hitting the U.S. economy.Shares of Longs fell 4 percent in extended trading.Walgreen had offered...
Longs Rebuffs New Walgreen Effort For Deal Talks
By Jessica WohlCHICAGO (Reuters) - Longs Drug Stores Corp LDG rebuffed a new effort by larger rival Walgreen Co WAG to start merger talks, despite Walgreen's warning that it may resort to a hostile takeover bid.Longs, which plans to be acquired by CVS Caremark Corp CVS for $2.57 billion, said...
Has Longs Drug Stores Ever Heard of Bill Ackman?
Todd Sullivan submits: Market Watch Reports: Longs Drugs said its board won't have negotiations or provide due diligence materials Walgreen was seeking. It also said Walgreen WAG has given no assurances the deal will be completed as it gave no timetable. Walgreen on Friday told Longs it was looking...
Status Report: Longs Drug Stores - CVS Caremark
The M & A Researcher submits: Pershing Square Capital Management sent a letter to Longs Drug Stores LDG Thursday (9/11) expressing its continued opposition to its merger with CVS Caremark CVS. Key passages for the letter are as follows: For the reasons outlined in this letter, we do...
Walgreen Offers to Buy Longs For $3 Billion Including Debt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walgreen Co WAG said on Friday that it offered to buy Longs Drug Stores Corp LDG for $75 per share in cash, or $3 billion including debt, countering an offer from rival CVS Caremark CVS that had been spurned...
PowerShares Dynamic Retail ETF Finds Bargains in Discount Retailers
Don Dion submits: Despite an extended economic slowdown and poor consumer spending numbers, PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio ETF PMR gained momentum over the summer. While some analysts believe that the worst is yet to come for retail, an increasing number of investors believe that some retailers are oversold...
Merger Watch: Longs Drug Stores - CVS Caremark
The M & A Researcher submits: As widely reported, CTW Investment Group has joined other major Longs Drug Stores LDG investors in openly questioning the valuation of the CVS Caremark CVS transaction -- particularly with respect to LDG's real estate holdings. This is precisely the type of shareholder concern...
Stock Screen: Price Momentum + Fundamentals = Profits
Mark Barath submits: Ultimately the performance of a stock will follow the underlying fundamentals of a firm. Stocks that are rising quickly usually represent firms which are executing well and have strong profit growth. On the other hand, stocks that are falling usually represent firms that are failing to grow...
41 Stocks Returning 10% or More Last Week
Trader Mark submits: This week's list of top performers has high exposure to retail and solar; areas we have been moving into the past few weeks with greater weightings.... but more into solar than retail for the fund. This list continues to show us that "beaten down" merchandise from the...
Health Benefit Providers - Industry Snapshot
Mike Havrilla submits:Health Benefit Providers: 33-Company Index Stats Health Benefit Providers: Top 5 Companies by Market CapHealth Benefit Providers: Top 5 Companies by Revenue The accompanying tables provide a snapshot of my 33-company Health Benefit Providers Index, which includes all types of pharmacy services (retail, mail order, institutional), pharmacy benefit managers,...
Ackman Scores Big on Longs Drug Stores
Lon Juricic submits: Bill Ackman just scored a major win with Longs Drug Stores LDG last night. CVS CVS announced that it would acquire the drug store chain for $71.50 per share, a significant premium to the $54.04 close. On August 5th, Ackman's Pershing Square disclosed an 8.8%...
Ackman's Pershing Square Builds 8.8% Stake in Longs Drug Stores
Lon Juricic submits: In a 13D filing on Longs Drug Stores LDG, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital hedge fund disclosed an 8.8% stake (3,137,659 shares) in the company and noted it has hired advisors and may meet with management or others regarding the business. From the Filing:...
Longs Drug Stores Corporation F1Q09 (Quarter End 05/01/2008) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Mark Wiltamuth – Morgan Stanley. Mark Wiltamuth – Morgan Stanley I wanted to just check in on traffic or transaction trends in the retail side of that business. If you could just give us an update...
Longs Drug Stores Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question is from Goldman Sachs and John Heinbockel. Please go ahead with your question or comment. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs A few things. We don’t exactly have the drug store EBIT margin, but it looks like your drug store EBIT...
Longs Drug Stores F3Q08 (Qtr End 10/25/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from John Heinbockel from Goldman Sachs. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs A couple of things; can you touch on the rate of [macking] of generics, both at retail and in your PBM business? I assume it’s happening more quickly...
Research and Markets: Tracks Major M&A Trends and Developments for Longs Drug Stores Corp
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60457) has announced the addition of Longs Drug Stores Corp. - Company Analysis to their offering.
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Orchid Cellmark, Inc., Longs Drug Stores Corporation, Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. and Resource Capital Corp
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Everyday on Zacks.com, four stocks are selected based on how well they match the criteria for the four main schools of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Longs Drug Stores Corporation, Trinity Industries, Inc., Dawson Geophysical Company and COMSYS IT Partners, Inc
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Everyday on Zacks.com, four stocks are selected based on how well they match the criteria for the four main schools of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., Longs Drug Stores Corporation, SimpleTech, Inc. and American Physicians Capital, Inc
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Everyday on Zacks.com, four stocks are selected based on how well they match the criteria for the four main schools of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Assessment of a Company against Competitors in Its Major Operational Business Segments - The Longs Drug Stores Corp: Competitive Benchmarking Report
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c28443) has announced the addition of Longs Drug Stores Corp : Competitive Benchmarking Report to their offering.
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- Incorporated: 1946
- CEO: Mr. Warren F. Bryant
Longs Drug Stores, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Longs Drug Stores California, Inc., operates retail drug stores on the West Coast of the U.S. and in Hawaii, primarily under the names Longs, Longs Drugs, Longs Drug Stores and Longs Pharmacy. In addition to prescription drugs, Co.'s core front-end merchandise categories include over-the-counter medications, health and beauty products, cosmetics, photo and photo processing, convenience food and beverage items and greeting cards. In addition, Co. sells merchandise in non-core categories such as housewares, automotive and sporting goods. Co. also operates a mail order pharmacy business.
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Longs Drug Stores Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Warren F. Bryant
Chairman
Mr. Murray H. Dashe
Lead Director
Mr. Leroy T. Barnes Jr.
Ms. Evelyn S. Dilsaver
Dr. Mary S. Metz Ph.D.
Ms. Donna A. Tanoue
Mr. Anthony G. Wagner
Contact Information
141 North Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA
925 937-1170
NAICS Code
Pharmacies and Drug Stores: 446110Brought to you by IBM
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