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• Costco Wholesale Corp. reports that its June sales rose 10 percent over a year ago to $5.74 billion, with same-store sales up six percent.

• Walgreen Co. reported June sales of $3,993,580,000, an increase of 14.2 percent from $3,497,439,000 for the same month in 2005. Same-store sales were up nine percent.
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