20 States Join US Antitrust Probe Of Family Dollar Merger

(Reuters) -- Some 20 state attorneys general have joined the federal antitrust investigation of competing bids by the Dollar General Corp. and Dollar Tree Inc. to buy Family Dollar Stores Inc., a development that potentially complicates the companies' efforts to win U.S. approval for a deal. The attorneys general concern focuses on the likelihood that the loss of one of the chains would lead to higher prices for discount-store customers, many of whom are poor, said two sources who spoke privatel...