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text: Nordstrom Profit Up But Shares Fall  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Upscale department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JWN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;JWN.N&lt;/A&gt; said on Thursday quarterly earnings rose  62 percent as it controlled inventory and reduced expenses, but  the results fell short of Wall Street's expectations.