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Nippon Steel 9-month profit slides 18%, says no surety U.S. Steel deal will close
TOKYO - Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker, posted on Thursday an 18% drop in nine-month net profit to 362 billion yen ($2.4 billion) amid sluggish steel demand in Japan and overseas.