Family Dollar Filing Cools Speculation of Dollar General Bid

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Maybe after almost a year of on-and-off speculation provided by Wall Street analysts, hedge fund investors and the media, Dollar General simply isn't interested in buying Family Dollar . That appears to be the conclusion one can draw from a filing Family Dollar disclosed explaining its unexpected late-July sale to Dollar Tree for $8.5 billion in cash and stock. Dollar General was repeatedly approached by Family Dollar about the prospect of a merger, the filing shows, h...