Since 1996 the number of Japanese companies among the world's leading 50 firms by sales in sectors like manufacturing, retail, banking and health care has fallen by half or more.

自1996年以来，以在诸如生产，零售，银行业和医保方面的营业额作为评判标准排出的世界前50强公司，日本公司的数量已经减少了一半或者更多。

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Retail banking, automobile dealerships, hospitals, with Lexmark's sales and profits growing with each industry it conquered.

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U.S. retail sales data, industrial output in China and the euro area, the ongoing Spanish banking crisis and possible further monetary policy easing in Japan will all be overshadowed by the Greek elections, said Nomura Securities analysts in a 16 page report on Friday.

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