Deals
Bid & Ask
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1. In the biggest deal in its 125-year history, Johnson & Johnson is paying $21.3 billion for Synthes, a Pennsylvania-based maker of devices to treat bone fractures and trauma.
2. Canada's Barrick Gold (ABX) offered $7.7 billion for copper producer Equinox Minerals, trumping an earlier bid from China's Minmetals Resources.