<div>Japan's Mizuho posts 19.9% drop in H1 profit on retail weakness</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Mizuho Financial Group said on Thursday its half-year net profit fell 19.9%, primarily due to weakness in the retail business such as sales of investment trust products.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Z285gsxFZVU:0aHrZ6hLSKY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Z285gsxFZVU:0aHrZ6hLSKY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Z285gsxFZVU:0aHrZ6hLSKY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Z285gsxFZVU:0aHrZ6hLSKY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Z285gsxFZVU:0aHrZ6hLSKY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Z285gsxFZVU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters