Walgreens Looses 7.91 Billion Dollars after Obama Threats

Walgreens (WAG) was eligible to do a totally legal tax inversion after acquiring some foreign businesses.  After threats from President Obama and Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois the CEO of Walgreens, Greg Wasson was backed into a corner and announced the company would not complete the inversion process they were considering.  Immediately after the announcement the Company's stock tanked 14% causing a loss to stockholders of over $7.91 billion dollars.


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Stockholders of this and other stocks should follow this story closely as the Obama White House continues it's crusade against stockholders.