Developing Industry 4.0 technology will be an important part of maintaining competitiveness for Taiwan's large plastics machinery industry, but more work is needed in key areas like controllers and software, according to executives in the Taiwanese industry. ( read original story ...)
HURRY: One of World’s Best Business Classes Wide Open Award Space for Whole Family
Here’s New York JFK – Taipei for four passengers, with business and economy available across the board. The same is true in the other direction, Taipei – New York JFK. Availability is amazing out of Houston. Houston gets EVA Air’s Hello Kitty service. ( read original story ...)
Duane Morris Opens Taiwan Office
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duane Morris LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)—Duane Morris & Selvam Taiwan, a foreign legal affairs law firm—after securing approval from the Ministry of Justice. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Centrifugal Casting Manufacturer, LAWAI to Challenge the Position of Forging in the Industry
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The high-performance material department of LAWAI Industrial Corporation has found out the mechanical properties of 17-4 PH stainless steel manufactured by centrifugal casting are equivalent to those by forging. According ... ( read original story ...)
HTC Gets A Freak Chance To Resurrect Its Moribund Smartphone Business
HTC may have won the Google deal because Chinese smartphone giant Huawei decided against it, a tech industry consultant in Taipei says. It’s looking like Huawei’s loss. “To me, the Pixel move represents a return to HTC’s old roots from way back in ... ( read original story ...)
ASE Makes CDP’s Climate A List For the First Time
a non-profit global disclosure organization that promotes low carbon outputs and the disclosing of climate mitigation plans and risks TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE, TAIEX:2311, NYSE:ASX), the leading ... ( read original story ...)
Rainbow parade grips Taipei despite rain
The Taipei Pride enjoys the blessing of the Taiwanese Government ... Coffee shops and food joints seemed to love the extra business from the march participants who seemed to be getting a lot of attention from the other clientele. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks decline in line with other Asian bourses
TAIPEI Nov 1 Taiwan stocks declined for a second straight ... The electronics subindex stayed flat, while the financials subindex lost as much as 0.1 percent. Among the most actively traded, smartphone maker HTC Corp shed as much as 1.9 percent, while ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's top finance regulator says to encourage local bank consolidation
TAIPEI Oct 27 Taiwan's newly-appointed top financial regulator said on Thursday he would encourage consolidation in the island's over-crowded banking industry. Taiwanese banks' return on assets (ROA) has been among the lowest in Asia for years, hurt by ... ( read original story ...)
International Design Policy Conference and Design Week Forum in Taiwan Capture Bold Ambitions for Future Role of Design
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Design Capital (WDC) Taipei 2016 International Design Policy Conference brought together leaders in design thinking from around the world in Taipei to share their ideas on the future role of designers ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for marriage equality in Taiwan gay pride parade
Tens of thousands of people packed Taipei's streets on Saturday in Asia's biggest gay pride parade, wearing colourful costumes and carrying rainbow flags as they called on Taiwan's new government to legalise same-sex marriage. Supporters waved handmade ... ( read original story ...)
LGBT pride on parade in Taipei
Members of the LGBT community from across Asia gather in Taipei to attend the biggest pride parade in ... news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. ( read original story ...)
Chiba Prefecture's Mascot "CHI-BA+KUN" to Appear at Taipei International Travel Fair 2016
CHIBA, Japan, Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chiba Prefectural Government will set up a display booth at the Taipei International Travel Fair (hereinafter ITF 2016) to be held from November 4 to 7, 2016. During the exhibition, Chiba Prefecture's Mascot ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Financial Awards
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Tsai Ing-wen poses with business ... which honors firms that have proven achievements in the field of combining technology with finance. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Posts Second-Straight Expansion on Electronics Demand
Growth fared better than forecast in August because of better-than-expected domestic demand including consumption and investment, the statistics bureau said in a statement released in Taipei. ( read original story ...)
Investors buy yen, shun risk in Asia as Clinton losing edge in U.S. polls
Because that's been the case so far." (Additional reporting by Faith Hung in TAIPEI, Swati Pandey in SYDNEY, Nichola Saminather in SINGAPORE; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) ( read original story ...)