Updating AGRIUM INC., INDIGO BOOKS & MUSIC INC. and METRO INC.

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AGRIUM INC. $77 has received approval from Australian regulators to purchase AWB Ltd., which operates over 400 farm-supply stores in Australia and New Zealand. AWB is also Australia’s largest wheat exporter. Agrium is paying $1.2 billion (Australian) for AWB. That’s equal to 10% of Agrium’s $12.2-billion (Canadian) market cap. The deal will close later this year. AWB’s close proximity to Asia will help Agrium profit from rising food demand in the region. Buy. INDIGO BOOKS & MUSIC INC. $16 plans to expand the variety of toys, gifts, home decor and other non-book merchandise that it sells through its web site. Right now, these products account for 17% of Indigo’s overall sales, but less than 5% of its online sales. The company aims to get 10% of its online sales from non-book merchandise over the next three years. Indigo has also upgraded its Kobo e-book reader. This new model should spur e-book sales, which now account for about 6% Indigo’s total sales…