Google launches updated Pixel smartphones, speakers

Pixel 2 and larger Pixel 2 XL are first Google-made phones to be released since the acquisition of ... the California tech giant announced the acquisition of key segments of Taiwan-based electronics group HTC. The upgraded smartphones will be available ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan shares close up 0.47%, led by TSMC

The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed up 48.92 points ... gaining 3.44 percent to close at NT$316.00, while smartphone camera lens maker Largan Precision Co. (大立光) added 0.81 percent to end at NT$5,590.00. The second-tier ... ( read original story ...)

Why Taiwanese corporates flock to A/H share markets for IPOs

To put into perspective, this is over half the amount raised through IPOs on the Taiwan Stock Exchange during the same period. Following the seven successful deals, another Taiwanese corporate, Avary Holding, is also filing their A-share IPO. Currently ... ( read original story ...)

Sunset over Taipei, Taiwan

The tower on the right is Taipei 101 (formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center). The building was officially classified as the world’s tallest in 2004, and remained such until the completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. ( read original story ...)

China-based Taiwanese businesses urged to return to Taiwan

he hoped Taiwanese enterprises would seek ways of bringing their investments back to Taiwan. China's addiction to debt and its growing capital outflows are likely to create a property bubble and trigger a severe financial shock, he warned. In such a ... ( read original story ...)

NTNU ranked 22nd best university for education degrees

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU ... National Taiwan University of Science and Technology was ranked 45th and National Sun Yat-sen University 82nd. The criteria are based on the same 13 performance indicators used in the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s battle with betel nut addiction

For years Huang Sheng-yi helped feed Taiwan’s addiction to the betel nut ... and he is only able to stay afloat because he has another tea-growing business. “Farmers are reluctant because managing a new crop is much harder,” he told AFP. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Stock Market May Find Continued Support

For the day, the index added 4.19 points or 0.04 percent to finish at 10,469.35 after trading between 10,445.86 and 10,495.34 on turnover of 106.57 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial collected 0.10 percent, while Mega Financial ... ( read original story ...)