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Chain’s profit improves

Wednesday, June 28, 2000 | 11:25 a.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drug store chain, on Monday reported a 21.5 percent increase in quarterly earnings due to a sharp increase in prescription sales.

Earnings for Walgreen's fiscal third quarter ending May 31 totaled $193.6 million, or 19 cents per share, compared to $159.3 million, or 16 cents per share during the same period in 1999.

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