TAIPEI (AFP) - Three naval personnel have been jailed for up to two years for mistakenly launching a missile towards China that killed one person and triggered a stern response from Beijing last year. They were convicted of causing death by negligence ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei sets record high October temperature of 36.8 degrees
Taipei, Oct. 1 (CNA) Taipei set a record high of 36.8 degrees Celsius at 12:23 p.m. Sunday for October, the highest since 1897, when the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) first established weather stations in Taipei, the bureau reported that day. It forecast ... ( read original story ...)
Questions For Taipei City Officials Regarding Sing! China Attacks Remain Unresolved
QUESTIONS ABOUT attacks on students and pro-independence demonstrators at the Sing! China event last week remain unresolved, with collusion between Taipei city officials, pro-China gangsters, and the Chinese government itself now alleged at high levels. ( read original story ...)
First ever India Mobile Congress 2017 kicked off today
The telecom industry generates 4 million direct and indirect employment ... United States dollar closes higher on Taipei forex West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) CLc1 fetched $52.05 per barrel having struck five-month high of $52.43 also on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
AI haves are pulling ahead of have-nots in profit margins, McKinsey study finds
Not surprisingly, telecom operators are among the early adopters of AI in ... This may change as wages rise, like we’re seeing in China and Taiwan. Foxconn replaced tens of thousands of its employees in its Chinese factories with robots, and started ... ( read original story ...)
PH-Taiwan trade seen growing 30% in 2 years
After the Taiwan Expo, he said TAITRA is also hosting business facilitation ... Meanwhile, Taiwanese products enjoying advantages in the local market are those in green technology, medical solution, aquaculture technology and agriculture technology. ( read original story ...)
Alibaba’s Jack Ma places bet on China’s online insurance market
Tencent, for example, is teaming with Taiwan's Fubon Financial Holding to sell insurance ... to invest more in hiring world-class data scientists going forward. Yet in its IPO prospectus, ZhongAn said it currently intends to place the net proceeds from ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnamese pair arrested for stealing mobile phones
Taipei, Oct. 1 (CNA) A pair of Vietnamese have been arrested on suspicion of stealing mobile phones in Kaohsiung shopping areas and stashing them in hotels in which they stayed before taking them out of Taiwan, according to a statement released Sunday by ... ( read original story ...)
Six Classic Buildings in Taipei
Take a glimpse of the development of Taiwan's history through its architecture. In recent years, Taipei 101 has become an icon of Taipei's architectural achievement. But aside from the skyscraper, the city is rich in architecture landscape — with ... ( read original story ...)
Sinopac Financial Holdings Company Ltd (2890) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 1
Sinopac Financial Holdings Company Ltd currently has a total float of 11.05B shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 8.75 and high of 9.77. Taiwan cannot simply be underestimated and put in the shadow ... ( read original story ...)
Pagunsan takes lead at Taiwan golf tourney
Tamsui (Taiwan), Sep 30: Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines charged ... ianslive.in as well as the design and information contained in this site is the valuable, exclusive property of IANS Group, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as ... ( read original story ...)
Expat band making great music in Taiwan
What do you get when you mix English teachers, a software engineer, finance worker, full-time musicians and other expats in Taiwan together? A lively and innovative band that’s been creating music in Taipei for the past 15 years. They’ve even been ... ( read original story ...)