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Asia shares slip, but US and EU futures find a bid

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian share markets slipped on Monday as worries about U.S. and Chinese growth weighed on sentiment, though U.S. and European stock futures did manage a bounce while bond yields came off their lows. Data on consumer prices (CPI) from China showed the Asian giant remained a driver of global disinflation, with producer prices falling an annual 1.8% in August when analysts had looked for a drop of 1.4%. Chinese blue chips dropped 1.0% to seven-month lows, having already shed 2.7% last week.

Australia's Domino's served with class action on 'misleading' Japan market comments

The pizza maker, in a market filing on Monday, denied any liability and said it would defend against the legal proceeding. Legal consultancy Echo Law has filed the proceeding on behalf of Domino's shareholders who scooped an interest in the firm by entering equity swap confirmations between Aug. 18, 2021 and Nov. 3, 2021. Echo Law on its website said the class action was in relation to a Domino's announcement made on Nov. 3, 2021.

US bitcoin ETFs bleed $1.2 billion in longest run of net outflows

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