Asian shares slip as investors look past upbeat tech earnings

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By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares headed lower on Friday as profit-taking in Taiwanese chip giant TSMC, despite record profits, weighed on other tech firms and broader risk sentiment, while a more dovish U.S. rates outlook kept bond yields near multi-month lows. The lead for Europe was mixed with futures for Eurostoxx 50 and Spain’s IBEX barely changed, Germany’s Dax futures up 0.1%, while those for London’s FTSE rose 0.3%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.4%, weighed by a 0.8% drop each in China’s blue-chip index and Taiwanese shares after TSMC’s…

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