Comment: Taiwan's net zero pledge is legally binding, but it is insufficient without cleaning up emissions from its industry.
Chunghwa Telecom Reports 2023 Guidance
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today reported its guidance for 2023 on a consolidated basis. All figures were prepared in accordance with ...
UPDATE 1-Taiwan Dec export orders fall for 4th month, uncertainty darkens outlook
The island's export orders, a bellwether for global technology demand, slid 23.2% from a year earlier to $52.17 billion, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Tuesday. December was still the third ...
Asian shares fall in muted trading ahead of Fed meeting
Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading as investors await decisions on interest rates and on earnings reports from around the world. Traders were awaiting the U.S. Federal Reserve’s ...
Taiwan investment in the U.S. surges
As the Sino-U.S. technology war intensifies and cross-straits relations worsen, Taiwan companies are increasing rapidly their investment in the United States. In the 2018-2022 period, Taiwan ...
US Representatives introduce Bill promoting Taiwan’s IMF membership
The United States House of Representatives introduced a Bill calling on Washington to support Taiwan participation in the International Monetary Fund IMF as ...
Stripe, a $95 Billion Fintech Unicorn, Is Exploring an IPO
But, like many other private companies, it put the IPO on hold as the stock market plunged in 2022. Stripe was last valued by private investors at $95 billion in March 2021, making it one of the ...
China delivers Taiwan ‘breakthrough red packet’ by lifting import ban on Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor
Spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said on Sunday that 63 Taiwanese companies had met new import requirements following a meeting with the head of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Song Tao, in the southeastern ...
KMT has ‘low expectations’ for ‘insignifcant’ Cabinet
The Cabinet reshuffle is plain and insignificant, and I am sure many people feel the same way,” KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said on the sidelines of the party’s Lunar New Year festive gathering. “We ...
EDITORIAL: US warnings an opportunity
While nobody wants war, and Minihan said the main goal would be to deter a conflict, the comments from such a high-ranking US military official show that the Pentagon is taking the threat of war in ...
Burned out by COVID, Chinese professionals take up nomadic life: ‘I wasted so much time’
As China's economy slows, more young people are exploring nomadic lifestyles in a rebuke of societal pressure to work hard, buy a home, start a family.
EDITORIAL: Daunting tasks to test new Cabinet
Also, despite improved employment in the hospitality, food and beverage, transport and social work sectors, an essential task for new Cabinet members would be to assist low-income earners, small ...
Stripe tells employees it will decide on an IPO within the next year
Stripe will make a decision on its plans to go public within the next year, CNBC has confirmed. Co-founders and brothers John and Patrick Collison told employees Thursday that they will set a goal ...
As funds dry up, startups are forced to balance growth with profitability
In 2020 and 2021, the world was awash with funds injected by central banks to tide over the Covid-19 pandemic. Money was not an issue and startups raised funds in multiple rounds. Last year, however, ...
TXO Energy going public as IPO market faces busiest week for deals in about a year
With $100 million in potential proceeds, TXO Energy Partners is at least twice the size of the next-biggest IPO on deck. Most of the eight have projected proceeds of less than $10 million.
US lawmakers push Taiwan IMF bill
Two US lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill calling on Washington to support Taiwan’s participation as a member of the IMF to ensure its voice is heard on international financial issues. The ...