UPDATE 1-Office Depot-OfficeMax deal gets U.S. antitrust nod
November 01, 2013 at 10:24 AM EDT
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A deal to combine No. 2 U.S. office supply retailer Office Depot Inc with smaller rival OfficeMax Inc has won approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday.