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Oct 29th, 2010
(AFP/File) - A businessman walks past a branch of Japan's Nomura Securities in Tokyo. Japan's top securities firm said its group net profit tumbled 96 percent in the July-September period on a slump in commission revenue from investment banking and shrinking trading profits.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
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