Foreign Baseball Players in Taiwan Hit Sweet Spot

He began his career in Taiwan with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in 2015 ... leagues from younger players even as they have started families and face rising financial strains. Japan and Korea are generally first and second choice destinations for ... ( read original story ...)

Tech Shares May Lift Taiwan Stock Market

while the financials were mixed. For the day, the index gained ended up 24.58 points or 0.24 percent to finish at the daily high of 10,461.28 after trading as low as 10,406.81 on turnover of 81.47 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Taiwan opening liaison office in Philippines

However, a representative office is not allowed to transact banking business such as acceptance of deposits, issuance of letters of credit and foreign exchange trading. The entry of Bank of Taiwan in the country still needs the approval of the Bangko ... ( read original story ...)

Tall Ferns beat Chinese Taipei in Bangalore

Big double-doubles from star forwards Jillian Harmon and Kalani Purcell and a withering finish have secured the Tall Ferns the second pool play victory they needed at the Fiba Asia Cup in Bangalore, India. The New Zealand women's basketballers dug their ... ( read original story ...)

Manufacturing, service sector sentiment improves

In the construction sector, Sun said sentiment improved in June based on the government's infrastructure development plan and the heavy delivery of residential property development projects. In June, transactions of homes, shops and offices in Taipei ... ( read original story ...)

Thai police arrest Chinese and Taiwanese in telephone scam

The suspects made calls over the internet in which they claimed to be banking officials and accused their targets of financial crimes ... is where the suspects are deported to. Although Taiwan maintains that it is independent, Taiwanese suspects have ... ( read original story ...)

The tax haven you’ve probably never heard of

“The prominence of Taiwan is driven by Taiwanese technological companies ... Singapore and Switzerland. Read: How Finance’s tax proposals will squeeze biz owners And where’s Panama, origin of the notorious Panama Papers? The algorithms determined ... ( read original story ...)

The Korean Games of Thrones

It certainly does not wish a nuclear Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan. Its party elite want business-as-usual relations with the U.S: Their kids stay in American colleges, and they keep buying safety-valve homes, from Beverly Hills to Seattle. It is said that ... ( read original story ...)

A kind of revival for Tanya Chua

“That was the lowest point for me as it deviated so much from why I went into the music business in the first place,” says Chua. Then, in 2004, she moved to Taiwan and started from scratch. She found herself a small record company, who believed in her ... ( read original story ...)

Toshiba Is Scrambling to Close $18 Billion Sale to Cover Losses

Toshiba's board will meet on Wednesday to consider offers for its chip unit from Western Digital and Taiwan's Foxconn in addition to a ... unit to cover losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear business Westinghouse. But it has struggled to close a 2 trillion ... ( read original story ...)