Asus IoT, a business unit under Asustek Computer, and electrical machinery maker Fortune Electric have jointly set up an electric vehicle (EV) power charging station in Taipei featuring the former's ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Plans to Invest $1.37 Billion to Upgrade its Ports
Taiwan plans to invest US$1.37 billion over the next five years to upgrade the country’s seven commercial ports to support future industrial growth. The plan, which was proposed by the Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to test pilot plan to allow business travel
Singapore plans to set up pilot programs to allow business travelers vaccinated against COVID-19 from some countries to enter on controlled itineraries next month as it charts a cautious international ... ( read original story ...)
Thornburg extends distribution ties with Concord Capital in Taiwan
Thornburg Investment Management will count on Taipei-based Concord Capital Management Corp. to distribute its funds in Taiwan, extending a relationship established a year ago for institutional and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Rebuffs Chinese Propaganda Claims Afghanistan’s Fate an ‘Omen’ for the Island
Communist Party-run outlets in China are touting the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a sign of things to come for Taiwan if war breaks out between the self-ruled island and the People’s Republic ... ( read original story ...)
China taunts Taiwan as America reels from Afghan defeat: ‘Once war comes, the island will collapse and the US won’t come to help’
Beijing flexes its muscles in the wake of America’s humiliating exit from Afghanistan, with a hard-hitting Global Times editorial warning Taipei that, when it comes to the crunch, it will also be ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s TSMC overtakes Tencent as Asia’s most valuable stock as China crackdown crushes its own tech champions
China’s unrelenting regulatory assault on internet-platform operators is crushing the value of Tencent and its peers. Taiwan’s biggest chip maker has leapfrogged them as the most valuable stock in the ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft to commercialize Azure datacenter in Taiwan in 2H22
Microsoft is scheduled to kick off operations at its new Azure datacenter in Taiwan in the second half of 2022, which may prompt other web service giants including Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ODMs step up deployments in automotive electronics
ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron have stepped up their deployments in the automotive electronics field, as well as healthcare and other sectors, looking to ... ( read original story ...)
The Rundown: June Jobs Report, Disney+ Expected Launch, and Hotel Q2 Losses
A weekly snapshot of Taiwan business news stories brought to you by CommonWealth and AmCham Taiwan’s TOPICS Taiwan Down 93,000 Jobs in June The ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market: How Low Can It Go?
The Taiwan stock market has moved lower in eight straight sessions, plummeting more than 760 points or 4.4 percent along the way. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tech firms talk big on climate, but still fly for business
Microsoft announced that it would be carbon-negative by 2030. “If we don’t curb emissions, and temperatures continue to climb, science tells us that the results will be catastrophic,” the firm wrote ... ( read original story ...)
Carrefour to sell off its Taiwan operations for US$1.9 billion
French retailer Carrefour plans to sell its Taiwan business in the next few weeks, Reuters cited three people familiar with the matter as saying. The supermarket chain has hired Morgan Stanley to run ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s URE deploys production line for M6, M8 solar modules
The new capacity is expected to meet domestic solar module demand, which the PV manufacturer expects will significantly increase in the second half of this year. ( read original story ...)
FANSDOOR Upgrades New TALock Technology to Optimize Advertising Effect of Social Media
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Google and other types of social media applications have accumulated a large number of users. Most corporations have already understood that Internet ... ( read original story ...)
Disney+ to Launch in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in November
The addition of the mature Asian markets will fuel subscriber additions for the service, which beat analyst expectations Thursday by hitting 116 million total subscribers. ( read original story ...)