Well this may be the reason CVS drops to support...
08/12 04:40PM CVS Caremark Corporation to Acquire Longs Drug Stores Corporation --Provides Outstanding Store Network in Highly Attractive Central and Northern California and Hawaiian Markets-- --Broadens CVS Caremark's Geographic Footprint Facilitating Roll-Out of New Proactive Pharmacy Care Offerings-- --Expands CVS Caremark's Position as the #1 Provider of Prescriptions in the U.S.-- WOONSOCKET, R.I. & WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 12, 2008-- CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) and Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Caremark will acquire Longs for $71.50 per share in cash for a total purchase price of $2.9 billion including the assumption of net debt. Through this acquisition, CVS Caremark will acquire Longs' 521 retail drugstores in California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona as well as its Rx America subsidiary, which offers prescription benefits management ("PBM") services to over 8 million members and prescription drug plan benefits to approximately 450,000 Medicare beneficiaries. The addition of Longs' valuable store locations in Central and Northern California, Hawaii, and Nevada will provide CVS Caremark with substantial market positions in these highly attractive, fast growing markets. Further, the acquisition complements CVS Caremark's substantial presence in Southern California and provides a foundation for significant future growth throughout the nation's largest state. The transaction also offers CVS Caremark immediate market leadership in the highly attractive Hawaiian market, where it currently does not have a presence, as well as high-quality locations in Nevada and Arizona.