Category: BUSINESS

The Financial Supervisory Commission in Taiwan unveiled a proposal that would ban top executives ... board director or general manager — which allow them to wield an influence over business decisions, the commission said. The change is widely regarded ... ( read original story ...)

[Photo/IC] "Every woman deserves a great pair of shoes that takes them wherever they want to go." These are the words of Cai Yufeng, a Taiwan resident who has been making comfortable high heels for women for the past 20 years. Cai majored in shoe design at ... ( read original story ...)

If the industry could do more, then so could many governments: recycling rates differ hugely around the world. One success story is Taipei, Taiwan. It changed its culture of waste by making it easy for citizens to recycle, and fining them if they don't. ( read original story ...)

Maritime business is one potential sector where the two countries can work together, said the official who has visited Taiwan several times over the past few years to study the nation's economy. Edy has said that Indonesia needs Taiwan's metal and steel ... ( read original story ...)

Business owners can leverage this information for operational ... a 2.3 kilowatt electric motor and have a 20% climbing capacity for sloping paths. The Taiwan IoT Solutions for Smart Living Forum is taking place at the SMX Convention Center on September ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan and North Korea have only a minuscule trading relationship ... the Trump administration considered new sanctions in July on small Chinese banks and other firms doing business with Pyongyang, two senior USA officials told Reuters. ( read original story ...)

this agreement will help business people, academics and exchange students from both sides settle into their lives in those areas more easily. Furthermore, the MOU will help promote economic and cultural exchanges between both sides, Chang noted. Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)

The delivery service, available in more than 120 markets globally, sometimes eclipses Uber’s main ride-hailing business in markets like Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, South Korea, the company said. The number of trips taken by UberEats drivers grew by ... ( read original story ...)

As such, the majority of TSMC's operations will remain in Taiwan, where Chang hopes the availability of ... Chang, who was recently named one of the 100 most visionary business leaders in the world by New York-based business magazine Forbes, proved just ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s annual purchases of U.S. wheat are extremely vital to the state’s wheat industry and about 200 Idaho farms are in business because of that, said Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson. The Port of Portland handles about half ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC ... ( read original story ...)

For its part, HTC remains committed to its own smartphone and virtual reality businesses, CFO Peter Shen said during a press conference in New Taipei City on Thursday ... research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research ... ( read original story ...)

Bottom line: Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) purchase of HTC's (OTC:HTCKF, Taipei: 2498) Pixel assets is a sign of no ... know the company has tried hard to get into the smartphone hardware business, starting with its rollout of Nexus phones back in 2010. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters ... “Our main consideration is that our brand will continue,” Chialin Chang, who heads HTC’s mobile business, told reporters. “So our major releases will be as usual. In future, HTC will concentrate not on our portfolio ... ( read original story ...)

Associated Press video journalist Johnson Lai in Taipei and Business Writers Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong and Youkyung Lee in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s annual purchases of U.S. wheat are extremely vital to the state’s wheat industry and about 200 Idaho farms are in business because of that, said Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson. The Port of Portland handles about half ... ( read original story ...)