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The Bank of Nova Scotia provides a range of financial services in Canada and internationally. The company has three business lines: Canadian Banking, International Banking, and Scotia Capital. Its Canadian Banking business includes Retail and Small Business Banking, Wealth Management, and Commercial Banking. Retail and Small Business Banking provides a range of products, including mortgages, loans, credit cards, investments, insurance, and day-to-day banking products to individuals and small businesses. Wealth Management offers retail brokerage; investment management advice; mutual funds and savings products; and financial, trust, and estate planning, as well as private client services for affluent clients. Commercial Banking delivers various products to medium and large businesses, including banking, cash management, lending, and leasing. Canadian Banking business also provides telephone and Internet banking services. As of December 8, 2008, the company served approximately 7 million customers across Canada, through a network of 1,016 branches and 2,943 automated banking machines (ABMs), as well as telephone and Internet banking. The company's International Banking business provides retail and commercial banking services in approximately 40 countries through a network of 1,850 branches and offices and 3,300 ABMs. Scotiabank, through its wholesale banking arm, Scotia Capital, offers a range of financial products and services to corporate, government, and institutional investor clients. Scotia Capital provides corporate lending, equity underwriting, and mergers and acquisitions advisory services, as well as capital markets products and services, such as fixed income, derivatives, prime brokerage, retail investment products, securitization, foreign exchange, equity sales, trading and research and, precious metals. The Bank of Nova Scotia was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	54.62
Volume	729866
Volume Avg	559680
52 Week High	62.33
52 Week Low	45.79
PE	11.46
PE (group average)	27
EPS Year	4.78
EPS change Q/Q	25.44%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	33.64%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	18.18%
EPS change Y/Y	-17.6%
REV change Q/Q	16.67%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	16.67%
EPS next Q est	1.21
EPS next Y est	5.16
Divident Annual	2.09
Dividend Yield	3.83%