EghtesadOnline: Asian equities rose and the dollar weakened as a positive U.S. jobs report helped investors position for a week of central bank policy decisions from Japan to the U.S. Oil slid for a sixth straight day.

EghtesadOnline: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump battled over the strength of the economy in the final stretch of their race for the White House on Friday, with Clinton praising the latest U.S. jobs report and Trump dismissing it as a fraudulent disaster.