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		<title><![CDATA[Several Retailers Miss November Sales Views]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brad DorfmanCHICAGO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Several U.S. retailers posted weaker-than-expected sales for November, getting the key holiday season off to a sluggish start as consumers worried about the economy and double-digit unemployment.Eight of the 11 retailers that reported by early Thursday missed estimates, including Costco Wholesale Corp COST, Children's Place...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walgreens: Still Healthy After Disappointing November Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  The market sold-off shares of Walgreen Co. WAG following the release of November sales data to the tune of about 4% in afternoon trading.  We do not regard the sales results as particularly bad, coming in at nearly $5.4 billion which is 8.7% higher than...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:10:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With Declining Store Growth, Can Walgreens Meet Its Required Business Performance?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Kern submits:   Walgreens WAG drugstores have become as ubiquitous as Super Wal-Marts WMT throughout most of the United States. Their familiar neighborhood corner locations serve more than five million customers every day, and produced $63 billion in revenue in the fiscal year that ended this past August....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:11:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retailers Urge Federal Action on ORC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON ? Executives from Safeway, Walgreen, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association yesterday urged federal lawmakers to pass legislation making organized retail crime ORC a federal crime, and to step up restrictions on online auction sites used to fence stolen retail goods. The executives addressed three...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:47:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nyer Medical: Chance for Liquidation Distribution?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenbackd submits:  Nyer Medical Group Inc (NASDAQ:NYER) is to liquidate subject to the approval of its shareholders and the closing of two transactions. The board estimates that shareholders will receive a liquidating distribution of between $1.84 to $2.00 per share. At its $1.75 close Monday, the low end of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Are the Hottest New Product Trends of 2009?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walgreens chief innovation officer Colin Watts was in town this week to host a jury preview of the upcoming Product of the Year awards, an annual consumer-driven competition. This year's entrants include packaged goods giants like Procter & Gamble, Colgate and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Contestants are judged on the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walgreens Lending: A Victim of Its Own Success]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walgreens WAG recently announced that it will be gradually slowing organic growth of new stores from a planned 5% down to 2.5%-3% starting next year and continuing through 2011. But Walgreens is a big chain, and even considering the slowdown there should be 30 to 50 new Walgreens outlets popping...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:59:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walgreen's Rewards Shareholders with $2 Billion Repurchase Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Thursday, Walgreen Co. WAG announced a new $2 billion share repurchase program which will expire at the end of 2013. Earlier, in January 2007 the company had initiated a $1 billion share buyback program, of which approximately $655 million is left. The new plan, replacing the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:25:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walgreen Handily Beats Expectations in Q4]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Moneygardener submits: From the moment that I saw Dr.Oz receiving a flu shot from a Walgreen's WAG representative on his new daytime show, I knew that only good could come of it.A combination of cost cutting, the H1N1 flu, and the recession coming to an end in the US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:06:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walgreen F4Q09 (Qtr End 8/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much. Operator Instructions. Our first question today will come from John Heinbockel with Goldman Sachs. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs Hey guys, couple of things. How far are we through the CCR related clearance of SKU rationalized inventory and how much more is to...]]></description>
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