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NEWS ABOUT: CVS

CVS stories: 10 news summaries

Suit Wants Pharmacies
to Bust Drug Abusers

Lawsuit blames stores for zonked driver's accident

Oct 28, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a driver, high on painkillers, ran her car into two guys fixing a flat tire on the side of the highway, killing one of them, the victims' families filed a lawsuit—against the pharmacies that sold the painkillers. That case, pending before the Nevada Supreme Court, will be the... More »

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prescription drugs • drug abuse • CVS • Walgreens • Wal-Mart • prescription painkillers • pharmacy

green & green

 Target Will Pay Shoppers
 to Bring Their Own Bags 

Large retailers join smaller niche stores to offer rebates for reusing

Oct 19, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Target and CVS will reward customers for using reusable shopping bags, and the efforts could take a billion plastic bags out of circulation. Though some retailers—notably Wal-Mart—have been slow to hop on the eco bandwagon, initiatives at smaller chains such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's have met... More »

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retail • recycling • plastic bags • pollution • shopping • environmentalism • CVS • Target • retail shopping • pharmacy • drugstore • reusable bags • rebate

 Petitioners to CVS: 
 Free the Condoms! 

Cites particular concern in poor and minority areas

Jul 13, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A labor coalition is sponsoring a petition calling on CVS to stop locking up condoms, the Kansas City Star reports. More than 200 groups across the country have signed the appeal to stop the practice, which the mega-chain says is an anti-shoplifting measure but critics say scares off would-be shoppers.... More »

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contraception • HIV • public health • birth control • condom • CVS • poverty rate • minorities • petition • sexually transmitted diseases

 Belt-Tightening Spares 
 Older Workers 

Increasingly, companies value maturity, experience of older employees

Jan 21, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - As companies nationwide cut tens of thousands of jobs, younger workers appear to be taking a hit as companies try to retain older, more experienced employees, reports BusinessWeek. Boomers increasingly have become corporate America’s gold standard: “When you’re in your 50s and 60s, you’re in your... More »

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baby boomer • unemployment • Generation X • Deere and Co • CVS • Walgreens • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Dow Ends Bleak Week Off 143 

Index down 4.8% since Monday

Jan 9, 09 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks posted losses today as news that US unemployment hit 7.2% moved the markets to the finish of a dismal week, MarketWatch reports. The Dow lost 143.28 to close at 8,599.18, with losses perhaps limited because investors were expecting the bad jobs news. The Nasdaq fell... More »

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Dow Jones • recession • unemployment • Nasdaq • CVS • economic stimulus package • S&P 500 • financial crisis • CVS Caremark

Longs Picks CVS Despite Walgreen's Higher Bid

Investor calls move 'unfair' to shareholders

Sep 17, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Longs Drugs today declined Walgreen’s premium buyout offer, opting for CVS’ in the pharmacy-market tussle, the AP reports. Longs’ largest shareholder calls the choice "totally unfair," but the board maintains that a Walgreen deal could get bogged down in antitrust review. Longs' stock dipped on the news,... More »

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buyout • CVS • market share • Walgreen • Longs Drugs

 SF Votes Today on
 Tobacco Sales Ban

May be nation's first city to shut down drugstore sales

Jul 29, 08 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors votes today on whether to ban the sale of cigarettes at the city's pharmacies. City and state legislatures across America—as well as giant pharmacy chains like CVS and Wal-Mart—are carefully watching the outcome of what could be a harbinger of things to come,... More »

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San Francisco • American Cancer Society • Yale University • tobacco • CVS • Gavin Newsom • Wegmans • Wal-Mart • cigarette sales • Walgreen • California Pharmacists Association • California Medical Association • Convenient Care Association

Sex Aids'
Shelf Space, Sales Grow

Wal-Mart, other major chains aren't hiding lubricants and the like

Feb 15, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Be careful letting your kids wander in Wal-Mart—the retail giant and other mainstream stores are devoting more shelf space to sex aids, Newsweek reports, and they aren’t hiding it. Lubricants, oils and even vibrators are increasingly appearing next to contraceptives and pregnancy tests. “Even the more conservative... More »

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CVS • Walgreens • sex aid • Pharmacy • sex toys • retail stores • Wal-Mart • personal lubricant

Overdose Fears Prompt Recall
of Infant Drugs

Danger found in cough and cold medicines
for kids under 2

Oct 11, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several drugmakers have recalled over-the-counter cough and cold products for infants over concerns about fatal overdoses, Reuters reports. Johnson & Johnson Wyeth and Novartis are among those recalling medicines; CVS said it will remove the products and generic equivalents. One professor took the criticism one step further: “There are... More »

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FDA • drugs • Novartis • recall • Johnson and Johnson • CVS • pharmaceutical • infants • Wyeth

It's as Plain
as the Glasses on Your Face

Company puts a phone number—and a reward
—on your lost specs

Aug 27, 07 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans spent $445 million replacing lost eyeglasses last year; one small company aims to come to the rescue by selling tiny tubes of plastic that shrink unobtrusively onto the eyepiece of spectacles, carrying a code and a phone number. Finders of registered glasses get a small reward, while their owners... More »

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Massachusetts • small business • glasses • eyeglasses • Eyeglass Rescue • CVS • Walgreens

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