Major Taiwan-based passive component makers including Yageo, Walsin Technology and Chilisin Electronics have reported record-high revenues for July 2017, thanks to a pick-up in customer demand and rising ASPs of certain products such as MLCCs. Yageo posted ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan To Buy Jet Engines From Honeywell For Indigenous Jet Trainer Program
Taiwanese lawmakers visiting the US last week reached a deal to buy jet engines from Honeywell. The Legislative Yuan Foreign and National Defense Committee’s bipartisan delegation visited International Turbine Engine Co (ITEC) to discuss the purchase of ... ( read original story ...)
Citi & Champions join hands to help teenagers gain smart financial habits
TAIPEI - In order to help teenagers get in the habit of planned spending, the Champions Education Association joined forces with the Citi Foundation to hold "4S of Smart Finance: Save, Spend, Share, Smart" classes and develop the Champ financial management ... ( read original story ...)
SparkLabs launches its latest accelerator program in Taipei
Accelerator network SparkLabs launches its newest program today in Taipei. Headed by managing partner Edgar Chiu (pictured above), SparkLabs Taipei will focus on preparing Taiwanese startups to enter other countries. Chiu was COO of Taipei-based app ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan exports grow for 10th straight month in July (update)
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Taiwan's exports grew year-on-year for the 10th consecutive month in July, as global demand remained solid with the world economy on a steady road to recovery, according to data released Monday by the Ministry of Finance (MOF). ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Power Grid On Red Alert As Heatwave Drives Peak Demand
Temperatures rose to a record-high for the year in Taiwan on Monday, driving electricity consumption to a peak and leaving the reserve capacity of Taiwan’s power grid to a level that prompted a red alert, according to state-run Taiwan Power Company ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan eases tax compliance for overseas taxpayers
Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance has launched a new cross-border remittance service, allowing individual income tax payments to be made from abroad. It comes in response to requests from overseas residents who have in the past struggled to pay tax bills. ( read original story ...)
Curing the ‘Ghost Island’: Why Taiwan Needs Basic Income
Sun Yat-sen believed that the benefits from natural resources, monopolies, and property should be shared amongst all citizens. This is precisely the philosophy behind UBI, argues Tyler Prochazka. Ask any college aged student in Taiwan about their financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Okura announces its third luxury hotel property in Taiwan.
Source : Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. Hotel Okura announced that it will open The Okura Prestige Taichung, in 2021, for the operation and management of The Okura Prestige Taichung, Hotel Okura has signed a contract with Goldman International Hotel Management ... ( read original story ...)
REVEALED: The blossoming expat communities in countries you may NOT have considered
Taiwan (originally named Ilha Formosa, which translates to ‘beautiful island’) does not make it into the top 15 in terms of the numbers of British expats that flood there every year, but it currently ranks #1 in the world for a number of expat ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s exports show broader gains beyond tech
Taiwan's exports continued to expand rapidly in July, with growth accelerating in a wider range of items beyond the mainstay tech sector. The value of overseas shipments increased 12.5% from a year earlier to $27.11 billion, the Finance Ministry said Monday. ( read original story ...)
Builder looks beyond Chinese buyers for Malaysia’s Forest City project
Country Garden said it expects to open galleries targeting customers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and Dubai between ... to slow down or stop the project," said Mr Yu. Country Garden's Forest City development, which houses ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s longest underground book street opens in Taipei
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) The popular Eslite Bookstore chain officially opened Taiwan's longest underground book street in Taipei on Monday, creating what the city hopes will become ... that the book street was Wu's last project. Wu's daughter Mercy Wu ... ( read original story ...)
Google slashes Pixel and Pixel XL price by up to $200 for back-to-school promotion
In October 2016, the search giant formally unveiled the Pixel and Pixel XL, two top-of-the-line smartphones made in partnership with Taipei, Taiwan-based electronics maker HTC. The Pixel and Pixel XL may be produced by HTC, but they’re unquestionably ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei City library fosters love-for-reading atmosphere even for kids too young to read
One major reason is its government has spared neither money nor technology to bring the latest state-of-the-art learning environment to its constituents. Book-processing machines are found throughout the Taipei City Public Library to facilitate the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares end at 27-year high
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed at a 27-year ... Buying also spread to old economy and financial stocks, further boosting the market, they said. The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed up 72.82 points, or 0.69 percent, at ... ( read original story ...)