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  1. Din of Hammers, Oil Wells Signal Bakersfield Boom

    Sat, 29 Dec 2012

    opening last August in just eight months. It joined 35 other logistics centers near there such as Ikea, Frito Lay, Dollar General , Famous Footwear and Target, drawn to the county because it is a one-day turnaround for truckers delivering from

  2. Dollar Store, Inc.: The Booming Business of Being Cheap

    Tue, 11 Dec 2012

    tonight at 11:35 p.m. ET and get a sneak peek HERE The three top players, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar General , have quietly become a $56 billion industry and they are opening new locations faster than Starbucks. By one estimate

  3. Merchants reroute in anticipation of union strike

    Tue, 18 Sep 2012

    500,000 per retailer for acting on alternate plans. While Gold and Desmond declined to name specific retailers, Dollar General and Phillips-Van Heusen, which manufactures Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein products, have both announced plans

  4. Hooters Leads 7 Brands Changing Their Businesses

    Wed, 8 Aug 2012

    buying them more cheaply online. 4. Dollar Tree Dollar Tree, Inc. and its dollar store national competitors, like Dollar General , owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, are each trying to revamp their images; no more, they hope

  5. Luxury Sales Strong as 1 Percent Go Shopping

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    Maybe retail sales overall haven't been too hot this holiday season, but one sector is on fire: Luxury. At Tiffany, at Burberry, at Neiman Marcus, cash registers are ringing. Harry Winston's diamond salesmen are doing a little dance. From Houston to Boston, sales of life's necessities may be flat,

  6. Retailers work on how to respond to violence

    Fri, 15 Apr 2011

    to do and how police respond on the scene, he says. Among recent incidents: •A man was killed on April 6 in a Dollar General store in Rosman, N.C., by a father allegedly seeking revenge for his son’s death a year earlier. •Two employees

News

  1. North Carolina Father Sought in Killing of Man Accused in his Son's Death

    Fri, 8 Apr 2011

    witnesses said Richard O'Shields, 45, of Little River, drove away in after allegedly killing Toby Mathis at a Dollar General store in Rosman, N.C. The car was found at a relative's house but deputies did not find O'Shields. Mathis

  2. Jobless Rate Down to 9.4 Percent, Lowest Since May 2009

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    The figure has been consistent regardless of the labor climate. Other places adding jobs included discount retailer Dollar General and railroad company Union Pacific, which were expected to hire around 10,000 people in 2011, according to The

  3. Dollar General files for initial public offering

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009

    Discount-store chain Dollar General plans to go public in an initial public offering, according consumers trade down to cheaper products during the recession. Dollar General was a publicly traded company from 1968 until 2007. It was

  4. IPOs show signs of bouncing back

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009

    to sell. KKR this month sold its stake in technology firm Avago in an IPO. KKR Thursday filed an IPO for retailer Dollar General . •Toxic mortgage boom. There's been a rash of companies going public with the plan to use low-cost borrowed

  5. Report: Kohlberg Kravis plans Dollar General IPO

    Wed, 29 Jul 2009

    offering of discount retailer Dollar General , according to the Wall Street Representatives from KKR and Dollar General could not immediately be reached institutions, as well as the public. Dollar General 's board will soon meet to complete

  6. In bad economy, CEOs don't want to be seen playing golf

    Mon, 22 Jun 2009

    Nationwide Financial, Steve Macadam of BlueLinx Holdings, Bennett of Intuit, Mike Eskew of UPS, David Perdue of Dollar General and Ted Chandler of LandAmerica Financial. •Patricia Russo, the only woman to ever crack the magazine's list of

  7. Bargains, beaches and Blue Angels beckon in Pensacola

    Fri, 10 Apr 2009

    settlement. Historic district is reborn Unlike neighboring beach towns — where malls with Wal-Marts, Targets, Dollar General stores and most every franchise imaginable line highways that parallel the stunning blue-green Gulf — Pensacola has

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  1. Dollar Store Inc.: Booming Business of Being Cheap

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    looking for value, we don't overpay for stuff. Reporter: Cheap is working. Three dollar chains, family dollar, dollar general , and dollar tree are fortune 500 companies. Another chain, 99 cents only, is eyeing real estate on ritzy rodeo

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  2. Cop Saves Baby's Life in Runaway Shopping Cart

    Sat, 22 Dec 2012

    south on house road just approaching highway seventy. I'm crest of the hill. And I just shopping card come the Dollar General parking lot he quickly realized something was horribly wrong premieres right. Kind of started to see the current

    Dollar General found at 0:30

    of the hill. And I just -- shopping card come -- the Dollar General parking lot he quickly realized something was horribly wrong premieres right. Kind of started to see the current moving and -- and
  3. Jobless Claims Hit New Low, VW Hiring Soon

    Thu, 22 Mar 2012

    keep an eye today. looking at Dollar General not I want those retailers that we saw dollar general 's interest in their their one impacted those prices at the pump. Dollar General turned and a great quarter and

    Dollar General found at 7:49

    as nurture -- editing can keep an eye today. -- looking at Dollar General not I want those retailers that we saw dollar general's interest in their their one of those. Companies in the middle of the flyover states as we -- justly -- out here on the East Coast but very impacted by gas prices and -- one of the hugest questions whenever consumers. It's how they're being impacted -- those prices at the pump. Dollar General turned and a great quarter and that means people are driving to get to those stores these are places you walk you. -- rather places you drive you. That's good -- for shippers for railroads. For other retailers out there who really drive this economy would focus on a bunch of banks and stuff out here in the New York area. Listen what really drives economies what's happened and and the other 48 states Texas California New York. Good news from Dollar General HA extremes exactly it's those flyover states the heartbeat of America right Jeff -- from -- partner Yahoo! -- thanks for joining.
  4. Car Plows Through Store

    Wed, 4 Feb 2009

    Woman entering Florida Dollar General store is hit by an out-of-control vehicle.

  5. Recall Round-Up

    Fri, 25 Feb 2011

    right now what about so radiant heaters what is happening here right a fire about 92000. Of these heaters sold at dollar general stores for between fifteen and 42 dollars wow and so obviously anything gotten anything too close can catch fire has

    Dollar General found at 3:10

    a fire -- about 92000. Of these heaters sold at dollar general stores for between fifteen and 42 dollars wow and so obviously anything gotten anything too close can catch fire has that happened
  6. 78-Year-Old Woman Dragged By SUV

    Thu, 20 Jan 2011

    by this dark SUV is 78 year old gene Nelson. South Daytona police say two women robbed her the parking lot of the Dollar General on south ridgewood avenue thank them. Out early lady may have been trying to given some money and you know they grabbed

    Dollar General found at 0:08

    police say two women robbed her -- the parking lot of the Dollar General on south ridgewood avenue thank them.
  7. ABC News Update

    Wed, 16 Feb 2011

    Nikko international USA is recalling about 92000. True living heater fans. And portable radiant heaters sold at dollar general stores last year from September to December there are dozens of reports of overheating. Those are the latest headlines

    Dollar General found at 3:25

    92000. True living heater fans. And portable -- radiant heaters sold at dollar general stores last year from September to December there are dozens of reports of overheating. Those are the latest headlines from ABC news
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