Taiwan resident makes custom heels for cozy beauty

[Photo/IC] "Every woman deserves a great pair of shoes that takes them wherever they want to go." These are the words of Cai Yufeng, a Taiwan resident who has been making comfortable high heels for women for the past 20 years. Cai majored in shoe design at ... ( read original story ...)

taipei: citizenm hotel opening

citizenm has made its hotly anticipated foray into the far east, opening a towering property on the doorstep of ximendeng, a bustling area of taipei known for its appealing nightlife and shopping infrastructure. called citizenm taipei north gate – it's ... ( read original story ...)

China’s Property Developers Drag Hang Seng Index Lower

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was dragged down 1% today, with Chinese property developer stocks among the worst ... dependent on Apple for almost 50% of its revenue, slipped 6.5%. Taiwan's benchmark Taiex, home to many Apple supply chain stocks, was 1.09% ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan shares dive in morning session; HTC extends gains

Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC Corp. (宏達電), however ... Under the deal, Google will obtain a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property, while some 2,000 HTC engineers will go to work for the U.S. company. Through HTC's ODM services ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore crowned best city of the future

Second place in the Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future overall was Tokyo, whose success is attributed to job creation in the telecommunications industry ... Tokyo came in third. Overall, Taipei was ranked sixth, ahead of Beijing, Sydney, Osaka and Kuala ... ( read original story ...)

Cathay Financial forecasts Taiwan’s 2018 GDP growth at 2%

Taipei, Sept. 25 (CNA) Cathay Financial Holding Co. (國泰金), one of Taiwan's leading financial holding companies, on Monday projected that the domestic economy will grow by 2 percent in 2018, slightly slower than its forecast growth for 2017. ( read original story ...)

July-August winning uniform invoice numbers released

Taipei, Sept. 25 (CNA) The winning number for the NT$10 million (US$338,000) special prize in the July-August uniform invoice lottery is 33612092, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Monday. The prize must be claimed by Jan. 5, 2018, the ministry said ... ( read original story ...)

HKEX’s delisting proposal lacks needed firepower

At the time Frederick Ma Si-hang, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury apologised ... Nasdaq delists any company trading below US$1 for 30 days. In Taipei, companies can be removed from the exchange if the market capitalisation falls below ... ( read original story ...)

‘Sing! China’ concert in Taiwan halted amid protests

A music concert in Taiwan descended into chaos over the weekend when independence activists clashed with pro-China groups, with three people injured in the scuffles. The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland ... ( read original story ...)