Asian shares edged higher to extend gains for a third day on Friday, tracking an overnight rise in global equities on easing fears of an early end to U.S. monetary stimulus, but caution remained about the recently volatile Chinese markets. Global equity markets and bonds extended gains on Thursday, recovering further from the recent acute selloff, after three U.S. Federal Reserve officials sought to downplay market fears that the central bank would soon ease its unprecedented bond-buying stimulus program known as quantitative easing or QE. The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares rallied for a third ... (full story)