Asian shares fall on China stimulus worries, patchy earnings

    BANGKOK - Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after an overnight decline on Wall Street spurred by disappointingly weak earnings reports from 3M and some other industrial companies. Concern that China may temper its economic stimulus pulled the Shanghai benchmark down 1.2% to 3,086.40.     Japan's Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.2% to 22,258.73 and the Kospi in South Korea declined 0.5% to 2,179.31. Australia's S&P ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 6,385.60, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.2% to 29,605.01. India's Sensex gained 0.3% to 38,835.79. Shares fell in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand but rose in Jakart...

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