US retailer Walgreens is to take full control of Boots the Chemist owner Alliance Boots after announcing a €11.3bn cash and shares deal to swallow up the 55% of the company it does not already own.
The new group, Walgreen Boots Alliance, will be based in Chicago but the headquarters of Boots will remain in Nottingham, England.
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