<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081017/2008_10_17t012319_450x291_us_markets_global.jpg?x= 130&y=84&q=85&sig=OTu.wby3k_Jil3Qbg4VN3Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A man monitors the stock market inside a securities company in Taipei October 17, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Asian shares rose on Friday after encouraging earnings signals from technology firms such as IBM and a slowly improving tone in beleaguered short-term money markets helped ease concerns about a global recession.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)