Sycamore to take Walgreens private in up to $24bn deal
Buyout of group behind Boots will bring to an end the drugstore chain’s century-long run as a public company
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Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners
The historic transaction ends Walgreens' tumultuous run as a public company, which began in 1927.CNBC - 9h -
Walgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.The New York Times - 8h -
Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal
Struggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private.NBC News - 9h -
Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm
Walgreens, founded in 1901, has been a public company since 1927.CBS News - 8h -
Walgreens’ breakup looms as $10 billion sale to go private is reportedly in the works
Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is closing in on a roughly $10 billion deal to sell itself to Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm, which would then take Walgreens private and ...MarketWatch - 3d -
Here’s when Walgreens will go private after its $10 billion private-equity buyout
After nearly a century as a publicly traded company, drugstore chain Walgreens is going private as part of a roughly $10 billion buyout deal.MarketWatch - 9h -
23andMe special committee again rejects CEO Wojcicki's take-private offer
23andMe's special committee of independent directors on Monday rejected CEO Anne Wojcicki's proposal to take the distressed genetic testing company private.CNBC - 3d -
Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for $74.7 million
23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki and New Mountain Capital have submitted a proposal to take the company private.CNBC - Feb. 21 -
Couple takes in Senegalese high school basketball player left homeless by private school closure
Ama Sow, a young boy from Senegal, West Africa, had dreams of playing basketball in America. A private high school in Pittsburgh sponsored him, but then went out of business, leaving Sow homeless. ...CBS News - Feb. 21
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