11:40 AM EST - Barrick Gold Corporation : announced today that it has entered into a support agreement with Equinox Minerals Limited for Barrick to acquire, through an all-cash offer, all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Equinox by way of a friendly takeover offer. The offer is for $8.15 per Equinox share in cash, or a total of approximately $7.3 billion. Barrick Gold Corporation
shares T.ABX are trading down $2.89 at $50.18.
