Loblaw Agrees to Buy Shoppers Drug Mart for C$12.4 Billion [Getty Images]

Shopping carts sit outside a Loblaw Cos. store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, July 15, 2013. Loblaw Cos. agreed to buy Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. for C$12.4 billion ($11.9 billion) in the biggest takeover of a Canadian retailer. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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