Dollar General News

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. - Dollar General Corp. said Thursday it returned to a profit in its third quarter on increased sales as the prior-year period was weighed down by a lawsuit settlement.

LOSANTVILLE - Dollar General Corp. has confirmed plans to open stores in Losantville and Lynn.

Educators, mentors and parents are putting an extra emphasis on literacy skills to help America's youth beat the odds and graduate.

Dollar General Corporation plans to report its financial results for the quarter ended October 30, 2009, before the market opens on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

Dollar General Corporation announced that the appointments of veteran retailers Warren F. Bryant and William C. Rhodes, III to its board of directors have become effective in conjunction with the completion of the company's initial public offering.

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Nov. 13 -- Richard Dreiling, chief executive officer at Dollar General Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Suzanne O'Halloran about the company's plans to open new stores and add jobs.

As the year's still-tepid number of initial public offerings topped 2008's count, the market debuts of two value-focused retailers drew warm receptions Friday, as did commentary from other retailers, lifting hopes for the holiday shopping season.

NYSE Euronext announced today that Dollar General Corporation , a leading discount retailer based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., has listed on the New York Stock Exchange and begun trading under the ticker symbol "DG." The IPO raised $716 million in gross primary and secondary proceeds.

Shares of Dollar General are trading higher in the discount retailer's first day of trading, after its offering priced at the low end of its proposed range.Dollar General's stock, which trades under the ticker 'DG,' rose $1.17, or 5.5 percent, to $22.17 in morning trading.The company, which is based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., late Thursday priced ...

While fixed income "has done well," the growth was largely due to public equities markets, says David Denison, president and chief executive of CPPIB.

KKR & Co., the private-equity firm that bought Dollar General Corp. just before the leverage buyout boom collapsed, is taking the discount retailer public at a higher price than investors pay for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

GOODLETTSVILLE ,A Tenn. The Employer Support of Guard and Reserve awarded its Pro Patria award to Dollar General Corporation.

Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General Corp. is gearing up to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Friday under the symbol DG in one of the year's most widely anticipated IPOs, according to The Wall Street Journal .

Hyatt Hotels Corp. opened Thursday at $27, above the $25 price established Wednesday evening.

Decorating your home for Christmas should be easy and as inexpensive as possible.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co's KKR.UL discount retailer Dollar General Corp set the terms of its initial public offering on Friday, in a sign that the $750 million offering could price by mid-November. In an updated prospectus filed on Friday with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Dollar General said it planned to sell 34.1 million shares ...

The Dollar General Corporation officials announced Wednesday the opening of one of its latest stores.

A Dollar General store in Burns should be open by Thanksgiving, according to the property owner.