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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by dma_dma on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:35PM (#11727563)
Walgreens really blew it on this one. The executives responsible for Theranos deal all got canned years ago for unrelated reasons.

NYT had an overview of Walgreen's struggle.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/business/a-once-avid-ally-... "The Wall Street Journal reported that Walgreens was so eager to cement the relationship that it lent Theranos money, acquired warrants to buy Theranos stock and skipped its usual due diligence when evaluating a pharmacy partner."

"The Walgreens executives responsible for the Theranos deal, including Mr. Wasson, as well as the chief financial officer and the president of the company’s pharmacy unit, have all been replaced, forced out in 2014 by activist investors after Walgreens acquired the European drugstore chain Alliance Boots."

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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by osullivj on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:10AM (#11729310)
Walgreen ownership has been bad for Boots and bad for the NHS: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/13/how-boots-went-r...
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by gohrt on Thursday May 19, 2016 @02:40AM (#11728474)
Walgreens has long been a creepy organization. Their checkout clerks were paid on commission to hawk upsells like vitamins.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by ZanyProgrammer on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:18AM (#11730362)
A lot of retail forces cashiers to upsell shit, like when I was a cashier at Whole Foods and we had to ask customers to donate to the Whole Planet Foundation.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by smokey_the_bear on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:32PM (#11731415)
How often does someone actually donate?
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by ZanyProgrammer on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:27PM (#11734646)
You'd be surprised. Esp in Palo Alto.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by SocksCanClose on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:54AM (#11735973)
They should just give to that guy who stands outside in the white suit, collecting money for that drug rehab center, all year round.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by mevile on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:37AM (#11730535)
They stopped selling tobacco though.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by raould42 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:03PM (#11733820)
That was CVS.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by shalmanese on Thursday May 19, 2016 @11:04AM (#11730778)
That was CVS.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by vox_mollis on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:52AM (#11730666)
That was CVS.
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