Finance leads HK loan volumes; tech top in Taiwan

Sun Hung Kai Financial has signed a HK$4.5 billion facility through joint bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers China Everbright Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Syndication saw Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank, China ... ( read original story ...)

Renewed Consolidation Called For Taiwan Bourse

For the day, the index advanced 59.27 points or 0.56 percent to finish at 10,578.44 after trading between 10,493.95 and 10,603.08 on turnover of 119.56 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial climbed 1.97 percent, while Fubon Financial ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 1.22%

At the close in Taiwan, the declined 1.22%. The best performers of the session on the were HTC Corp (TW:), which rose 9.96% or 6.90 points to trade at 76.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Jih Lin Technology Co Ltd (TW:) added 9.92% or 7.00 points to end at 77.60 ... ( read original story ...)

Copartner Technology Corp (3550) Soared 0.31% on Sep 22

Copartner Technology Corp currently has a total float of 85.00M shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 13.95 and high of 19.5. In Taiwan, which is home to one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia ... ( read original story ...)

Four NT$10 million receipt lottery prizes unclaimed

Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) Four NT$10 million (US$331,000) uniform invoice lottery prizes remain unclaimed, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Friday, which urged holders of the invoices to step forward and claim their prizes. ( read original story ...)

Shares in HTC rise 9.96 percent on Google’s Pixel buyout

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Shares in Taiwanese technology company HTC Corp (2498.TW) rose 9.96 pct in early trading on Friday. HTC Corp announced on Thursday that Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) would pay $1.1 billion for the division at HTC that develops the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

No VN citizens injured in Mexico quake: MoFA

They will inform the Vietnamese office in Taipei of the investigation’s outcome ... to take place in central Huế City from September 26 to 29 and a Finance Ministerial Meeting and other related meetings to be held between October 19 and 21 in Hội ... ( read original story ...)

Shedding Pixel to Google, HTC to focus on virtual reality

TAIPEI -- Embattled smartphone maker HTC plans to bolster its ... and aggressively developing flagship handsets [to win back market share]," said HTC Chief Finance Officer Peter Shen. He said the remaining 2,000-plus engineers at HTC after the deal could ... ( read original story ...)

Banks back government-led Taiwan Pay QR payments service

Banks offer ministry’s Taiwan Pay services — Taipei Times — “Taiwan Pay aims to provide more convenient, quicker payment services using QR code technology via smartphones, which have become a necessity in daily life,” deputy minister of finance ... ( read original story ...)

Google inks $1.1bn smartphone deal with Taiwan’s HTC

Google has broadened its smartphone manufacturing operations with an agreement to pay $1.1bn to transfer about 2,000 staff from Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The companies have also inked a separate non-exclusive licence agreement for HTC’s ... ( read original story ...)