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 Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG)
WAG reported earnings and sales results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 ended Aug. 31. The Company's net earnings determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter were $353 million or 39 cents per diluted share, compared with $792 million or 87 cents per diluted share in the year-ago quarter. 
Adjusted fiscal 2012 fourth quarter net earnings were $553 million or 63 cents per diluted share, compared with adjusted net earnings of $599 million or 66 cents per diluted share in the year-ago quarter. This year?s adjusted fourth quarter results exclude the negative impacts of 9 cents per diluted share related to the company?s transaction with Alliance Boots GmbH, 10 cents per diluted share from the quarter?s LIFO provision and 5 cents per diluted share in acquisition-related amortization costs. The company intends to account for its 45 percent investment in Alliance Boots using the equity method of accounting on a one-month lag basis. Because the closing of this investment occurred within one month of the company?s fiscal year end, the results of operations of Alliance Boots GmbH are not reflected in the company?s reported net earnings for the fiscal quarter or year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG), together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of drugstores in the United States. It sells prescription and non-prescription drugs; and general merchandise, which include household products, convenience and fresh foods, personal care, beauty care, candy, photofinishing products, and seasonal items, as well as home medical equipment, contact lens, vitamins and supplements, and other health and wellness solutions. The company offers its products through drugstores, mail, telephone, and online. For more information about Walgreen Co. visit www.walgreens.com. ****  Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI)
CCI and T-Mobile USA, Inc. (?T-Mobile?), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, AG (?DT?), announced today that they have entered into definitive agreements pursuant to which CCI will acquire rights to approximately 7,200 T-Mobile towers for $2.4 billion in cash at closing (subject to certain adjustments). Under the definitive agreements, Crown Castle will have the exclusive right to lease and operate the T-Mobile towers for a weighted average term of approximately 28 years. In addition, Crown Castle will have the option to purchase such towers at the end of the respective lease terms for aggregate option payments of approximately $2.4 billion, which payments, if exercised would be primarily between 2025 and 2048. The transaction is expected to close in fourth quarter 2012. 
Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) owns, operates, and leases towers and other infrastructure for wireless communications. Crown Castle offers significant wireless communications coverage to 92 of the top 100 US markets and to substantially all of the Australian population. Pro forma for our announced transaction with T-Mobile, Crown Castle owns, operates and manages approximately 30,000, and 1,600 wireless communication sites in the US and Australia, respectively. For more information on Crown Castle, please visit www.crowncastle.com. ****  Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)
CRWE AD-Services, a division of CRWE is a full service multimedia advertising company specializing in internet marketing. Their goal is to provide you with a customized advertising blue print using their expansive resources. CRWE Ad Services (www.crwe-adservices.com ) provides modern and unique advertising campaigns. They are dedicated to offering the most cost effective advertising solutions. CRWE offers advertising branding and marketing services as a worldwide online multi-media publisher with its digital network of websites and focuses on the distribution of information for the purpose of bringing together a targeted audience and the advertisers that want to reach them. Crown Equity Holdings advertising services cover and connect a range of marketing specialties, as well as provide search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness. For more information about Crown Equity Holdings Inc. visit www.crownequityholdings.com. *********** THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY OR SELL ANY SECURITY! Disclaimer: StockHotTips.com publisher and its affiliates and contractors are not registered investment advisers or broker/dealers. (Read Full Disclaimer at http://stockhottips.com/disclaimer).
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