PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 8, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 8, 2005

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Walgreens to Move All Products Containing Pseudoephedrine Behind the Pharmacy Counter

Walgreens has announced it will move all products containing pseudoephedrine (soo-do-eh-FEH-drin), including liquids and gels, behind the pharmacy counter by the end of October. The policy will apply to all stores nationwide. This move expands its April decision to remove single ingredient products from store shelves.

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Majority of Adults With Employer-Provided Health Insurance Would Forego a Pay Increase to Maintain Their Health Insurance Benefits

The Harris Poll says U-S adults whose employers provide them with health insurance are more likely to say that their health insurance benefits have gotten worse over the last two or three years compared to their salary or their retirement benefits. At the same time, an increasing number of adults with employer-provided health insurance say that maintaining or improving their current level of health insurance is more important to them than getting a decent pay increase. And, that if faced with a choice, they would choose to forego a pay increase but maintain their current health insurance benefits.

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Nearly a Third of American Parents Plan to Spend More on Back to School Purchases Than a Year Ago, According to the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index

Nearly a third of Americans who have children in school plan to spend more on back-to-school supplies. That's according to the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index. That is down slightly from 32 percent a year ago. Twelve percent of American parents plan to spend less on school supplies, while 58 percent plan to spend about the same as in 2004.

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Nine Inch Nails Announces Ticket Program to Combat Scalpers While Helping Charities

Nine Inch Nails has launched a special ticketing program for its upcoming run of U-S tour dates. A two-tiered effort to combat ticket scalping has been put in place to help ensure that true fans have the maximum opportunity to obtain premium seating for Nine Inch Nails concerts. Through the band's fan club ticketing and online auction program, Nine Inch Nails is helping prevent scalpers from selling its tickets at inflated unauthorized prices and, in true Robin Hood fashion, Nine Inch Nails will donate to charity what would have been the scalpers' proceeds.

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PRNewswire -- Aug. 8

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