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Health 2.0, Walgreens announce health guide challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — Health 2.0 and Walgreens on Thursday announced the launch of the Walgreens 2011 Challenge: A New Approach to Patient Information Navigation, which invites teams of developers to create an application that presents aggregated U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data on specific health topics.
The challenge is being sponsored by Walgreens, as part of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge, as a way to supply both Walgreens healthcare staff and patients with a tool for searching and learning about health-related topics, the companies stated.
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Ackman buys 8.9% stake in Family Dollar
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Activist investor Bill Ackman, and his Pershing Square Capital Management investment fund, has become the largest owner of Family Dollar stock, according to a regulatory filing.
The filing noted that Ackman has bought a stake of 8.9%.
The news follows just a few months after the retailer turned down an active takeover bid by Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund.