Category: BUSINESS

TAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's parliament on Wednesday approved an infrastructure stimulus plan aimed at bolstering domestic demand and rebalancing the island's economy away from its heavy reliance on exports. The plan, worth T $420 billion ($12.6 ... ( read original story ...)

"I think that life is not only about making money. Health is important, so staff should not work overtime," Chen explained in an interview with Business Today Taiwan. "When your workers are happy, they will take good care of your customers," he added. ( read original story ...)

Citibank Taiwan commissioned Business Today magazine to conduct a survey of Taiwanese people's attitude towards wealth in 2017 in an effort to understand their ideas and plans for life and wealth. The survey found that retirement planning, wealth ... ( read original story ...)

CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency Latest bid Previous day Pct Move Japan yen 113.260 113.37 +0.10 Sing dlr 1.382 1.3825 +0.01 Taiwan dlr 30.486 30.428 -0.19 Korean won 1148.400 1146.9 -0.13 Baht 34.005 33.98 -0.07 Peso 50.570 50.545 -0.05 Rupiah 13385.000 ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON: The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea. US State Department ... ( read original story ...)

Details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Aberdeen will merge the acquisition with its existing Taiwan business, Aberdeen International Securities Investment Consulting Company, set up a decade ago. It is currently only able to distribute Luxembourg ... ( read original story ...)

Behind the business class cabin is the Sky Bistro bar with self-serve ... China Airlines will boost its Taipei-Brisbane flights to a daily schedule from December 1 2017, up from the current four flights a week, although the Sydney–Auckland leg of its ... ( read original story ...)

The new location will offer the opportunity to deeply support local customers while immersed in a major Taipei business center. Taipei is a key Asian tech hub, with many major players in the electronics market headquartered in the city. This new location ... ( read original story ...)

Flights CI069/CI070 will depart every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, offering 32 business lass seats, 31 in premium economy and another 243 in economy. The airline will also be increasing its Taipei-Sydney route to two daily services from ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI: Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison officials granted him medical parole, in a move likely to rile Beijing. The offer came a day after China rejected criticism over ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI -- Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) will cut the discount for business class seats by half to 10 percent starting August 1, the company said Tuesday. The lower discount means that one-way business class fare between Taipei and Kaohsiung will go ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The chairman of Foxconn says there is “still a chance” the Taiwanese electronics giant might be able to buy Toshiba’s memory chip business despite the Japanese company’s choice of another bidder as its preferred buyer. ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese business leaders and administration officials met this week amid uneasy circumstances between the U.S. government and its partners and counterparts in East Asia. Trump has taken Taiwan — a longtime friend of the U.S. but a country it does not ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan reported a year-on-year increase in its May export orders for the 10th consecutive month, at a time when global demand remained strong, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. In May, the country's export orders rose ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20, 2017 /CNW/ -- EVA Air is continuing its winning ways by taking the top spot in two categories of SKYTRAX's annual World Airline Awards, Best Business Class Comfort Amenities and Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness. SKYTRAX has also ... ( read original story ...)

HSINSHU, Taipei--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Metanoia Communications Inc. (Metanoia), a leading developer of very high-speed xDSL and Gfast PHY chipsets for the wireline broadband market, announced the successful completion of two important milestones today in its ... ( read original story ...)