Bob Sasser

Shares of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) were trading lower by more than 4 percent after the company posted its fourth-quarter results. Dollar Tree said that it earned $1.01 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $5.37 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.07...

The much anticipated merger between Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) was announced Monday morning. Dollar Tree is to acquire shares of Family Dollar with cash ($59.60) and stock ($14.90) for $74.50 per share, a 22.8 percent premium on Family Dollar’s Friday closing...