09:47 AM EST - Bank of Nova Scotia : said on Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 18% on the back of stronger Canadian retail and international banking income. Canada's number-three bank earned $1.17 billion, or $1.07 a share, in the quarter ended Jan. 31. That compared with a profit of $988 million, or 91 cents a share, in the year-before period. Bank of Nova Scotia
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