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Using its own product-development skills, Yamaichi's customer base and Sanwa's 400 branches, Merrill hoped for a fast start in fund management.

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The armored-vehicle unit is somewhat more subject to shocks as overseas wars end, but the installed base of vehicles will need to be maintained and upgraded, providing opportunities even if development of next-generation vehicles is delayed.

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