DEAR MR. BERKO: Last year I thought you were arrogant, cruel and insulting when you said that people on food stamps should only shop at Dollar Tree stores. My 37-year-old daughter and her husband have four children, use Dollar Tree, ...

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NEW YORK  — Family Dollar shareholders have voted to approve a takeover bid from rival Dollar Tree. The deal still needs to be approved by the Federal Trade Commission, but Family Dollar expects it to close by March. Dollar Tree ...

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MATTHEWS — Family Dollar says it has delayed a shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition by Dollar Tree until Jan. 22. The Matthews-based discount retailer held a special meeting Tuesday for shareholders to vote on the deal. But the company ...

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DEAR MR. BERKO: My broker is excitingly enthusiastic about Dollar Tree because of its possible pending merger with Family Dollar Stores. He thinks the shares could trade at more than $100 in two years. He wants me to sell my ...

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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.  — There’s now a bidding war for Family Dollar, with Dollar General offering about $8.95 billion for the discounter in an effort to trump Dollar Tree’s bid. Dollar General Corp. said Monday that it would pay $78.50 per ...

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NEW YORK — Dollar Tree is buying rival discount store Family Dollar in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion. Stockholders of Family Dollar Stores will receive $59.60 in cash and the equivalent of $14.90 in shares of Dollar ...

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No matter who takes over as Fed head, it's doubtful that person will be as communicative and as transparent as Bernanke.

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