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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- With its recent acquisition of Jet.com, a commitment to growing its online grocery business with a convenient grocery pickup option and an extensive investment against delivering a seamless digital shopping experience, Walmart is once again flipping the script on what it means to compete for America's shopping dollar.

The company's investment in grocery pick-up services represents the cover of that new script - and Walmart is expanding that service to 600 stores this year and 500 stores next year.

MIAMI - Florida pharmacies in the path of Hurricane Matthew on Thursday issued a number of advisories to help patients prepare for what has been billed as the largest hurricane in decades - Hurricane Matthew could become a category 5 storm before landfall Thursday night.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - In recognition of October's American Pharmacists Month, CVS Health is celebrating the role its nearly 30,000 pharmacists play in helping people on their path to better health by helping to change the way health care is delivered through increasing access, lowering costs and improving care quality in the company's retail, mail service and specialty pharmacies across the country.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Thursday announced it has expanded access to the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone in Alabama, Alaska, Illinois, Missouri and West Virginia, allowing CVS Pharmacy patients to access the medication without an individual prescription.  

In total, CVS Pharmacy patients in 36 states now have increased access to the opioid overdose-reversal drug.  

KINGSTON, R.I. –  The University of Rhode Island on Tuesday elected former CVS Health chairman and CEO Tom Ryan as chairman of the University of Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors. Ryan was elected to the volunteer post at the Foundation’s Board of Director’s meeting held Sept. 22.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Thursday announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 42.5 cents per share on the corporation's common stock.

The dividend represents a 21.4% increase as compared to the quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share approved one year ago.

The dividend is payable on Nov. 3, 2016, to holders of record on Oct. 24, 2016.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. —  CVS Health will be offering curbside pickup through its partnership with Curbside at more than 4,000 locations beginning Monday, following a successful pilot launch across  San Francisco, Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, according to reports.