Dollar General IPO will raise a pretty penny: $750 million

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Even in the middle of a recession, dealmakers will make deals. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the merchant bank that once stood for the barbarian excesses of the '80s, is making a recession play by shopping around a dollar store.

On Thursday, KKR filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of stock in Dollar General Corp.

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