Wayne Cole
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                    Asia Share Indexes React To Japan Virus EmergencyMSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1%, a whisker from a record high.  MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1%, a whisker from a record high. 
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                    Asia Markets Wobble As New Coronavirus Strain Shuts UKMSCI Asia-Pacific index dips 0.2%. Japan's Nikkei reversed early gains to be down 0.6%.  MSCI Asia-Pacific index dips 0.2%. Japan's Nikkei reversed early gains to be down 0.6%. 
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                    Asia Stock Indexes Up On Vaccines, Japan Data, BrexitMSCI's Asia-Pacific shares are up 0.1% and Japan's Nikkei added 0.4% as a survey showed businesses in a better mood.  MSCI's Asia-Pacific shares are up 0.1% and Japan's Nikkei added 0.4% as a survey showed businesses in a better mood. 
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                    Asia Takes Time: Indexes Pause On Vaccines, World Economic RecoveryMSCI's Asia-Pacific shares was up more than 11% Monday for the month in its best performance since late 2011.  MSCI's Asia-Pacific shares was up more than 11% Monday for the month in its best performance since late 2011. 
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                    Asia Share Indexes In Spin On U.S. Election DoubtJapan’s Nikkei was still ahead by 1.4%, but MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.6%.  Japan’s Nikkei was still ahead by 1.4%, but MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.6%. 
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                    Asia Share Indexes Slow Out Of Gate Monday On Virus Cases, Aid DealMSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares rose 0.1%. Japan's Nikkei was even and South Korea's main index lost 0.3%.  MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares rose 0.1%. Japan's Nikkei was even and South Korea's main index lost 0.3%. 
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                    Asia Share Markets Bullish On International Monetary Policy, China DataRegional market participants will now look to U.S. Federal Reserve for details on stimulus.  Regional market participants will now look to U.S. Federal Reserve for details on stimulus. 
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                    Caution Weighs On Asian SharesAsian investors turned more circumspect because of the military face-off in the South China Sea.  Asian investors turned more circumspect because of the military face-off in the South China Sea. 
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                    China Shares Jump, Leading Gains In AsiaChinese blue chips led the way on Monday with gains of 2%, with the country's central bank providing more medium-term loans to the financial system.  Chinese blue chips led the way on Monday with gains of 2%, with the country's central bank providing more medium-term loans to the financial system.