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The House debate about the Marketplace Fairness Act will concentrate on the effect an online sales tax would have on small business.
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*Effort to align U.S., international accounting at stake By Dena Aubin and Huw Jones. NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 2- Corporations may have to shoulder trillions of dollars of new balance-sheet liabilities under an accounting change for leases that is meeting stiff resistance from businesses in a test of international accounting standard-setters' resolve.
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*CEO still confident can keep 60 pct of business won from Walgreen fight. May 1- CVS Caremark Corp posted a higher than expected first-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by more profitable generic drugs on the market and a severe cold and flu season that boosted sales at its drugstores.
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NEW YORK, April 26 Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings on Rite Aid Corporation, including its Issuer Default Rating at' B-'. --Rite Aid's high leverage and operating statistics that significantly trail its two major competitors;.
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A special focus is given to the recently announced long-term relationship among AmerisourceBergen Corp., Walgreen Co., and Alliance Boots GmbH.
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April 23- RadioShack Corp on Tuesday reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on weak sales of wireless phone contracts, highlighting the challenge facing its new chief executive officer as he tries to turn the retailer around.
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April 23- RadioShack Corp reported a much wider than expected quarterly loss on weak sales of wireless phone contracts and higher demand for less-profitable smartphones, a trend its new chief executive promised to change.
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Volatile markets have made defensive stocks attractive, but after Coke and Pepsi's strong earnings reports, it might be time to look elsewhere.
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Fairway hopes the investing public will aid in its expansion after its stock starts trading for the first time. The New York Times reports.
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April 11- Rite Aid Corp posted its second consecutive quarterly profit on Thursday, as the third-largest U.S. drugstore chain filled more prescriptions and sold more generic drugs, which carry higher profit margins.
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*TJX, Costco miss estimates; Ross Stores, L Brands beat. April 11- Several top U.S. retailers, including Costco Wholesale Corp and T.J. Maxx parent TJX Cos Inc, reported weaker-than-expected March sales as cold weather and lingering concerns about the job market chilled shoppers' enthusiasm.
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Retailers broadly missed analysts' estimates for same-store sales in March, a month that typically sees cold weather and slow hiring in the early weeks.
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April 11- Costco Wholesale Corp reported a slightly smaller-than-expected jump in same-store sales in March on Thursday, hurt by weak international results and lower gas prices, while Victoria's Secret parent L Brands Inc reported better-than-expected sales at all of its chains.
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April 11- Rite Aid Corp posted its second consecutive quarterly profit on Thursday, as the third-largest U.S. drugstore chain filled more prescriptions and sold more generic drugs, which carry higher profit margins.
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April 11- Rite Aid Corp posted its second consecutive quarterly profit on Thursday, as the third largest U.S. drugstore chain filled more prescriptions and sold more generic drugs, which carry higher profit margins.
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*TJX, Costco miss estimates; Ross Stores, L Brands beat. Several top U.S. retailers, including Costco Wholesale Corp and T.J. Maxx parent TJX Cos Inc, reported weaker-than-expected March sales. Costco's sales at stores open at least a year were up 4 percent, less than the 5.2 percent jump analysts expected.
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As it intensifies its push into groceries and perishable foods, Wal-Mart Stores is betting it can take on these labor-intensive categories by adding efficiency, not bodies.
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*Cardtronics did not comply with 2007 nationwide settlement. *Cardtronics says most of its ATMs comply with disability law. The accord with Massachusetts and the National Federation of the Blind called for Cardtronics by July 2010 to install voice guidance features that could be activated by plugging headphones into jacks on its ATMs.
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LONDON, March 22- Tired of the hefty fees charged by private equity firms and wanting more say over what they buy, big investors like pension funds and insurers are taking matters into their own hands.
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March 21- American Realty Capital Properties Inc said on Thursday that it was "surprised but disappointed" that Cole Credit Property Trust III Inc's had rejected its $5.7 billion buyout offer, but said it remains committed to the offer.
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Walk-in clinics are popping up in shopping malls and main streets across the United States, and private equity is helping fund the expansion.