Family Dollar lays off 100: "(By Ely Portillo, elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com) Matthews-based Family Dollar is laying off more than 100 employees, some at the company's corporate headquarters, a week after the retailer turned down a hedge fund's $7.6 billion buyout offer.
About 1,400 people work at the retailer's Matthews offices on Monroe Road. The number of affected employees at the headquarters wasn't available late Thursday."