Mergers and Acquisitions

Private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners  and a Canadian pension fund are nearing a deal to buy Petco Holdings in what would be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts.

Pfizer said it would buy Allergan in a record-breaking deal worth $160 billion, designed to cut the company's U.S. tax bill by moving its headquarters to Ireland.

Hulu is seeking to sell a stake to Time Warner Inc. as part of a deal that would value the streaming-video service at more than $5 billion and advance its efforts to compete with Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp said it would not counter Carl Icahn's raised offer to buy Pep Boys, ending a bidding war for the U.S. auto parts retailer.

Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of K-Cup single-serve coffee pods, said it would be bought by an investor group led by Germany's JAB Holding Company for about $13.9 billion.

State-owned China National Chemical Corp has raised its offer to buy Syngenta AG by about $2 billion, to $44 billion, proposing a two-stage takeover of the agrochemical company, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

2015 is being dubbed the year of the mega deal but motivation for CEOs to seal these deals is low to slow economic growth....

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and Jarden Corp. are in talks to combine, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that would unite makers of well-known consumer brands including Sharpie markers, Graco baby strollers and Mr. Coffee machines.

Avon Products Inc is in negotiations to sell its North American arm to Cerberus Capital Management LP, in a deal that would provide a needed cash boost to the cosmetics maker, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.