Nintendo slashes outlook as higher yen erodes strong sales

Nintendo slashes outlook as higher yen erodes strong sales

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2008 at a press in Osaka on Oct. 30.

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