Reposted by Gill Cookson
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn).
NHS prescriptions are a major money makers.
Otherwise its prices are high.
No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
theguardian.com
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