Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering selling the company to a private equity firm — a move that would take the publicly traded company private, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

US stocks mostly rose on Wednesday with the Nasdaq jumping to another all-time high on the back of strong gains in the tech sector, though the Dow continued its recent downward path.

Both Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and The Hershey Co. (HSY) have reportedly become takeover targets. Bloomberg reported that Sycamore partners was in talks to take Walgreens private and also ...

THE future of Boots has been plunged into uncertainty while a buyout fund negotiates with its US owner. Pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance, which bought Boots in 2014, is understood to be in ...

Albertsons, in its announcement terminating the agreement, also said it had authorized a $2 billion stock buyback and hiked its quarterly cash dividend by 25%. The chain's biggest shareholder, ...

Walgreens surges amid buyout rumors with Sycamore Partners, but doubts remain on deal feasibility and long-term prospects.

Shares of Walgreens climbed 20% Tuesday after reports emerged that the company is in talks to sell itself to private equity ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly considering selling itself to private equity firm Sycamore Partners and becoming private, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 10. Here are five things to know: ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) is reportedly in talks to sell itself to the PE firm Sycamore Partners. The move would take the retailer ...

Following the report, shares of the pharmacy giant jumped 18%, the largest one-day boost in Walgreens' history.

Financial writer's analysis on the potential sale of Walgreens to Sycamore Partners, highlighting challenges with debt and ...

Selling to private equity would give the pharmacy chain the leniency needed to execute an aggressive turnaround. Workers and ...