Walgreen profit up 2 percent
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080623/2008_06_23t082915_450x230_us_walgreen.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=yg_ojZYZUGrDWhqMWIqflw--" align="left" height="66" width="130" alt="A Walgreens store in Golden, Colorado, June 25, 2007. Walgreen on Monday posted a 2 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by efforts to control costs as the pace of prescription drug sales has slowed. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/bs_nm/walgreen_dc)Reuters - Walgreen Co on Monday posted a
2 percent increase in quarterly profit as sales were muted by a
weak U.S. economy and slowing growth in prescription drug
sales.</p><br clear="all"/>
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