Reuters – No Antitrust Guarantees for Office Depot, OfficeMax

Antitrust experts said on Tuesday there were no guarantees that a deal to merge Office Depot Inc, the No. 2 U.S. office supply retailer, with smaller rival OfficeMax Inc would win government approval. The two companies are in advanced talks to merge and a deal could come as early as this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. Among antitrust experts polled by Reuters, one said the deal was likely to be approved, two forecast a potential challenge by regulators and four said it was too close to call for now.

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