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  • Walgreen reported that its third quarter net income rose to $411.0 million, from $342.3 million a year earlier. Sales rose 13.1 percent to $10.83 billion, with same-store sales up 8.7 percent.


  • General Mills posted fourth quarter net income that was up 65 percent to $460 million, from $278 million a year earlier. Sales declined 2.5 percent to $2.72 billion.

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