Mega caps Microsoft MSFT.O, Alphabet GOOGL.O, Amazon AMZN.O and Meta Platforms META.O are all reporting. By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Asian shares slipped on Monday as the risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East clouded sentiment in a week laden with data on U.S. growth and inflation as well as earnings from some of the world's largest tech companies. FEDWATCH The jump in yields has challenged equity valuations and dragged most of the major indices lower last week, while the VIX 'fear index' of U.S. stock market volatility .VIX hit its highest since March.