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Walgreens tops 3Q expectations, hikes dividend

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped more than 15 percent and beat Wall Street expectations despite flat sales from the drugstore chain's U.S. pharmacies. The newest component of the Dow Jones industrial average also said Thursday that its board authorized a $10 billion stock buyback, and that it was raising the lower end of its earnings forecast for fiscal 2018 by 5 cents per share. For the three months ended May 31, Walgreens earned $1.34 billion, up from $1.16 billion a year earlier.


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Move over UPS truck: Amazon delivery vans to hit the street

Move over UPS truck: Amazon delivery vans to hit the street

Your Amazon packages, which usually show up in a UPS truck, an unmarked vehicle or in the hands of a mail carrier, may soon be delivered from an Amazon van. With its new program rolling out Thursday, contractors around the country can launch businesses that deliver Amazon packages. The move gives Amazon more ways to ship its packages to shoppers without having to rely on UPS, FedEx and other package delivery services.


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