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Household Heavies Talk Deal
A combination of Newell Rubbermaid and Jarden would set another M&A high mark.
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Just in time to make it into the 2015 record books, a couple of big household-products makers may be on the verge of a deal.
Newell Rubbermaid and Jarden -- companies with a combined market value of $24 billion -- are in talks to combine, according to a Wall Street Journal report late Monday. The union would put products from Mr. Coffee machines to Rawlings baseballs, PaperMate pens and, of course, Rubbermaid containers all under the same roof.