Asian shares scaled seven-year highs following stellar earnings from a few U.S. hi-tech giants, but investors were cautious ahead of central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan and on apparent deadlock in Greece's talks with creditors. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was rose 0.3 percent in early trade though Japan's Nikkei .N225 slipped 0.4 percent, largely on the yen's gains. Shares in Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) both jumped over 10 percent on Friday, boosting the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC to a record high, a day after it topped its 2000 peak. ... (full story)