Walgreens Boots Alliance should be a private company before the end of the year after jumping the potential hurdle of a ...

Walgreens and Sycamore expect to close the take-private deal in the fourth quarter of this year. Shares of Walgreens jumped more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday before being halted.

The transaction, expected to close in Q3 or Q4, will take the company private after nearly 100 years as a public company.

Walgreens' $10B sale to Sycamore Partners ends a long decline for one of Chicago’s most iconic companies — and raises ...

The Walgreens Boots Alliance Friday said the drug store chain is going private, acquired by private equity company Sycamore Partners in a $23.7 billion deal described as a "definitive agreement." ...

Walgreens saw a change in management last year, with CEO Rosalind Brewer abruptly stepping down in September last year. Healthcare industry veteran Tim Wentworth took her place and has since ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) said on Friday that the struggling drug retailer’s shareholders approved its $10 billion ...

The term "special situations" covers a lot of ground on Wall Street. In the case of Walgreens, the situation that is special is that the company is being taken private. Essentially, it is being bought ...

Sycamore has agreed to pay $11.45 a share in cash for Walgreens Boots Alliance, representing an equity value of around $10 billion, per a WSJ report.

Shareholders of Walgreens Boots Alliance overwhelmingly approved the drugstore chain's $10 billion acquisition by private ...

The drugstore industry is facing competition from the likes of Amazon.com Inc., as well as pressure on pharmacy-reimbursement rates for prescription drugs.

Sycamore Partners is nearing an acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that could end the drugstore operator’s tumultuous run as a ...