NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. $45 (New York symbol NWL; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 267.1 million; Market cap: $12.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newellrubbermaid.com) is buying Jarden Corp. (New York symbol JAH), which makes a wide variety of consumer products, including Sunbeam kitchen appliances, Mr. Coffee coffee makers, Ball jars, Crock-Pot cookers and Rawlings baseball mitts. Jarden shareholders will receive $21.00 a share in cash plus 0.862 of a Newell common share. The offer is worth a total of $13.2 billion. Shares of Jarden are trading at 3.7% below the offer’s value, which indicates investors do not expect a higher bid. Newell expects to complete the deal in the second quarter of 2016. Following the purchase, Newell shareholders will own 55% of the combined firm, which will change its name to Newell Brands. The new company will have about $16 billion of annual revenue. Newell also plans to cut overlapping operations, which will save $500 million annually by the end of the fourth year. Newell is still a buy. All best wishes! … from all of us here at The Successful Investor Inc. and TSINetwork. ca. We wish you and yours a terrific year-end holiday and a healthy, happy and prosperous new year! — Pat McKeough