John Jellinek outlines the biggest deals that may or may not happen this coming new year. Be sure to check out all of them and see how the companies involved may be effected!

1. Acquisition and Merger
Watch | 2015
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2. Possible Yahoo! AOL Merger?
Two tech giants who have
matured past their popularity
point. A merger might be the
best course of action for both,
despite the high costs that
will come along with it. Look
for a deal settling in the tens
of millions of dollars

3. eBay | PayPal
The recent news of the
divesture from eBay will
result in a IPO set to be
2015’s biggest. PayPal is at
the center of a market that is
set to explode, mobile
payments are about to take
off in popularity and value.

4. Darden Restaurants
Darden recently attempted to
please investors by putting
one of its holding sup for
sale, Red Lobster, for $2.1
billion.
With pressure to improve its
Olive Garden branch
looming, if it fails to do so,
investors may be calling for a
break up of the company.

5. Hewlitt-Packard Divesture
HP has planned to divest its
consumer products division
offering laptops and printers.
Its corporate services will
remain under HP Enterprises
while it eyes a new
acquisition target, EMC.

6. Time Warner Cable | Comcast
The planned acquisition
between the two cable giants
is likely to be turned down by
Washington. This spells
turmoil for those left with the
break up fees attached to the
deal.