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Asia stocks steady after Wall Street rally, dollar off peaks

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO Mon Aug 4, 2014 8:32pm EDT (Reuters) – Asian stocks were mostly steady on Tuesday, halting the previous day’s slide after Wall Street rallied on upbeat earnings and relief over Portugal’s rescue of its largest listed bank, while lower bond yields kept the dollar away from recent peaks. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded little changed. Tokyo’s Nikkei inched up 0.1 percent. U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, lifted […]