Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) rose Tuesday premarket after the Wall Street Journal reported that Sycamore Partners was closing in on a deal to acquire the U.S. pharmacy chain for about $10 billion.

Walgreens is one of the most well-known drugstore chains in the U.S., having become American families' go-to place to obtain prescription and non-prescription medication since 1901. From opening the first Walgreens location nearly 124 years ago to inventing the first malted milkshake in 1922 and going public in 1927,

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) shares jumped over 5% in after-hours trading on Monday following a Wall Street Journal report that private equity firm Sycamore Partners is nearing a $10 billion buyout of the healthcare and retail pharmacy chain.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is reportedly close to selling itself to a private equity firm in a $10 billion deal that would take the company private. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sycamore Partners would take Walgreens (Nasdaq: WBA) off the market in a deal that could be completed as early as Thursday if no major problems arise.

Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are jumping in premarket trading Tuesday, on a report that the troubled drugstore chain is nearing a deal with Sycamore Partners to be taken private for around $10 billion.

Sycamore Partners is planning a three-way split of Walgreens Boots Alliance if a deal to take the struggling pharmacy chain private is reached, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) is reportedly close to a $10 billion buyout deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal, which could be finalized by Thursday,

Walgreens Boots Alliance is in talks with Sycamore Partners, which will take the drugstore chain private in a deal valued at $10 billion.

Private credit lenders, including HPS Investment and Ares Management (ARES), are in discussions to provide roughly $4.5B of debt to fund

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) were launched higher in Thursday’s premarket on reports that Sycamore Partners plans to break the company into three separate pieces after taking ...