Walgreens willing to shed 1,000 stores on Rite Aid deal

Walgreens Boots Alliance is willing to unload up to 1,000 stores in order to win regulatory approval of its $17.2 billion deal to acquire Rite Aid, the company said in a securities filing. The cap represents about 8 percent of the combined company's 12,700 U.S. stores. The proposed merger of two...