Drug wholesale McKesson posts higher profit
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Drug wholesaler McKesson Corp.   on Thursday reported higher quarterly profit as increased sales  from its pharmacy distribution business helped offset expenses  from acquisitions and restructuring costs.
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Walgreen Co  reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Friday as cost controls offset weak sales of flu medications and a recall of cold medicines, sending the drugstore chain's shares up 7 percent.
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Costco Wholesale Corp  said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose almost 11 percent, meeting Wall Street targets, as bargain-hunting customers headed to its discount stores to buy cheaper gasoline and food.
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Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest wholesale club operator in the United States, said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 24 percent to beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue for the period was light.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and a healthy rise in September sales on Thursday, sending its shares up 2 percent in pre-market trading.
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Pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Synthelabo said it had increased net profit in the first half of the year by 20.6 percent from the same period last year to 1.138 billion euros (1.38 billion dollars).
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CVS Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. drugstore chain, on Wednesday reported a 12 percent rise in quarterly profit as sales were boosted by its purchase of more than 1,200 Eckerd drugstores from J.C. Penney Co. Inc.  last year.
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Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC reported a 21 percent increase in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday, as additional offerings of its key anti-depressant drugs began to offset some of the generic competition that has curtailed the company's sales.
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The chemical giant reported second-quarter earnings similar to year-ago results as higher sales were offset by the cost of energy and accelerated biotech research.
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Pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson  Corp  reported on Thursday that its quarterly profit  fell 17 percent as results were hit by charges and lower profit  margins on generic drugs.
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BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ.N) on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit as soaring gasoline prices and strong demand for food boosted sales.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.&#39;s earnings rose 24 percent in its latest quarter, lifted by improvement in both net sales and membership fees which more than offset a minor accounting charge.
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Diversified health-care company  Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N on Tuesday said its quarterly profit  rose on higher sales of prescription drugs and medical devices.
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ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Discount retailing giant Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that profits grew 21 percent in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to higher sales and more revenue from membership fees.
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Johnson & Johnson  on Tuesday  said second-quarter profit rose on higher sales of medical  devices and prescription drugs, with especially strong demand  in overseas markets.
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Merck & Co.  on Monday said its  second-quarter earnings more than doubled on growing demand for  its drugs, blowing past Wall Street expectations, and raised  its full-year profit forecast.
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Medco Health Solutions Inc  on Tuesday posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by sales of generic drugs, and the pharmacy benefit manager boosted its full-year profit forecast.