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Asian shares edge up, dollar awaits U.S. jobs report

(Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher in early trade on Friday, while the dollar marked time ahead of the key U.S. jobs report later in the session that could help it retake ground lost to the euro overnight. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up about 0.1 percent, but on track for a weekly loss of 0.7 percent. Japan’s Nikkei stock average slipped 0.4 percent, but was on track for a […]