CVS raises Caremark offer again
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CVS Corp.  on Thursday again raised its takeover bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  by sweetening a one-time dividend and said the new proposal was its "best and final" offer.
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CVS Corp.  on Thursday again sweetened its $23.9 billion takeover bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  with an increased dividend, calling the new proposal its "best and final" offer for the pharmacy-benefits manager.
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Caremark Rx Inc. CMX.N, a provider  of drug benefit programs to health plan sponsors, on Wednesday  said quarterly earnings rose, boosted by use of cheaper generic  drugs and the acquisition of AdvancePCS.
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Drugstore chain CVS Corp.  on Tuesday said October sales at stores open at least a year rose 5.4 percent on higher demand for prescriptions and other merchandise at its CVS stores.
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CVS Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. drugstore chain, posted a 2.7 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by strong sales of prescription medications and greater use of generic drugs, which are more profitable for pharmacies.
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Health care company raises earnings guidance, but its vital signs bear watching.
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U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  said on Monday it was offering to buy rival Caremark RX  for about $26 billion, threatening to break up an offer made last month by drugstore chain CVS Corp. .
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Health insurer Humana Inc. HUM.N said  on Tuesday it agreed to acquire CarePlus Health Plans for $408  million to boost its Medicare-linked plans in Florida, the  latest union in the consolidating HMO sector.
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NEW YORK/CHICAGO  - CVS Corp.  sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the pharmacy benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.
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NEW YORK/CHICAGO  - CVS Corp. sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc. on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the pharmacy benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.
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Express Scripts Inc.   sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Wednesday  after suffering two setbacks in its battle to wrest the rival  pharmacy-benefit manager away from a $22.8 billion deal with  CVS Corp.
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New offer is 20% above earlier approach.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Express Scripts Inc., which has been battling CVS Corp. to acquire pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc., said Monday it won't make a higher offer because it isn't allowed to see enough of Caremark's financial data to perform due diligence.
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Costs of employer-sponsored health plans are expected to climb an average of 8 percent in 2005, the first time in five years increases have been in single digits.
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WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware judge yesterday refused to invalidate a $675 million breakup fee aimed at protecting the proposed acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. by drugstore giant CVS Corp.
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Drugstore chain CVS Corp. CVS.N on  Tuesday said October sales at stores open at least a year rose  5.4 percent on higher demand for prescriptions and other  merchandise at its CVS stores.
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The new offer of $25.7 billion came just hours before a judge made a surprise ruling that will force Caremark to postpone its shareholder vote on the CVS deal.