Japan's Star Mica jumps after co says to retire some shares
** Shares of real estate firm Star Mica Co 3230.T jump 5.1
pct to 2,498 yen, highest since early April
** Co says it will retire 971,288 shares (5.1 pct of
outstanding) of its common stock on May 7 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1RW33N
** As of the previous close, the stock had risen 38.4
percent so far this year
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