CVS Corporation Statement.WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CVS) announced earlier today that it had been in discussions with Albertson's, Inc. regarding a purchase of Albertsons' standalone Sav-on and Osco drugstores. Those discussions have been terminated. CVS is America's largest retail pharmacy, operating more than 5,400 retail and specialty pharmacy stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . With more than 40 years of dynamic growth in the retail pharmacy industry, CVS is committed to being the easiest pharmacy retailer for customers to use. CVS has created innovative approaches to serve the healthcare needs of all customers through its CVS/pharmacy stores; its online pharmacy, CVS.com; and its pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. , mail order and specialty pharmacy subsidiary, PharmaCare. General information about CVS is available through the Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. portion of the Company's Web site, at http://investor.CVS.com, as well as through the pressroom portion of the Company's Web site, at http://www.cvs.com/pressroom. |
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