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.