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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 25 billion U.S. dollars of the peak of confrontation between fellow countrymen be ashamed Opened the world’s second-largest drugstore chain CVS history of the development group, we found that CVS deserves to be called ‘M amp;amp; A King’, especially in the pharmaceutical retail sector, CVS always be able to give blood and quit! New year, new weather, CVS again attacked, will be 210 U.S. dollars the cost of acquisition of large U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Caremark! However, in 2007 the beginning of, Caremark’s competitors - the nation’s large pharmacy benefits management company Express scripts announced that the price will be 25 billion U.S. dollars acquisition of Caremark, this will be the largest in the history of medicine Retailing merger once again push the wave! Difference between the two 4 billion U.S. dollars, CVS can once again a success? CVS M amp;amp; A History of 1972: In order to expand the scale and territory, CVS acquisition of 84 Clinton Drug discount, enter the U.S. Midwest: Michigan and Indiana. 1990: CVS acquisition of 500 people, pharmacies, capture of new markets in the Atlantic Ocean, become a national chain pharmacy. 1997: CVS small broad completed a U.S. drug retail industry’s largest acquisition in the history of operation 1400 stores to CVS stores in 2500 unexpectedly acquire Revco drugstore chain. 1998: acquisition of 200 Michigan Arbo pharmacy stores, and shop break 4000. 2004: U.S. spent 2.15 billion acquisition of Eckerd in Florida and Texas, 1260 stores, mail order business and three distribution centers. In early 2006: CVS bought 700 drugstores from Albertson’s Sav-on and Osco drugstores. In mid-2006: CVS acquisition of MinuteClinic clinics in the nation’s large chain clinics, once again leading the operation coquettish. November 1, 2006 announced that nearly 21 billion U.S. dollars acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx, in order to expand its prescription benefits and mail-order