The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) yesterday announced that it would allow Web-only life and property insurers to launch, its latest effort to push for virtual financial services since rules ... ( read original story ...)
Poll shows nearly 50% of Taiwanese expect pay to go up
More than 44 percent of people expect a salary increase next year due to a booming economy, a Cathay Financial Holding Co (國泰金控) survey showed on Monday. However, 49.5 percent of respondents said they ... ( read original story ...)
DuPont Highlights Circuit Materials Innovations at 2021 TPCA Show (Taipei)
As the leading sustainable materials solution partner for advanced interconnects, DuPont Interconnect Solutions (ICS) will showcase its broad portfolio of innovative circuit materials at the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
CyberLink to Showcase the Latest Game-Changing Applications of its FaceMe® AI Facial Recognition Solution at CES 2022
CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, will showcase several new, cutting-edge applications of its market-leading solution, FaceMe®, at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. ( read original story ...)
China Mobile could raise almost $9 billion from Shanghai IPO
Having been booted out of the New York Stock Exchange, China Mobile is doing the sensible thing and offering its shares in China. ( read original story ...)
Fitch Rates China Aircraft Leasing Group’s USD100 Million Notes Final ‘BB+’
Fitch Ratings has assigned a final rating of 'BB+' to China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (CALC, BB+/St ... ( read original story ...)
If You Invested $1,000 In Taiwan Semiconductor Stock One Year Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now
Investors who have owned stocks in the last year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) total return over the last 12 months is 26.2%. But there is ... ( read original story ...)
Belize receives donation of medical imaging from Taiwan
The ministry of health and wellness received an additional financial donation of US$460,000 from the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) during a ceremony held on December 18, 2021. This ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan govt OKs Taiwan Semiconductor’s new chip plant in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd has received approval to set up a chip plant in Japan, Taiwan's investment commission of the ministry of economic affairs, which approved the investment, said ... ( read original story ...)
Asian markets drop on Omicron spike, Biden spending bill blow
Asian stocks fell on Monday on fears about a fresh global surge in coronavirus infections and as the future of US President Joe Biden's massive social spending bill was thrown into doubt after it lost ... ( read original story ...)
China Huarong’s Capital, Asset Sale Plan to Boost Support Incentive
Fitch Ratings believes China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.’s (BBB/Rating Watch Positive) recapitalisation and asset sale plan will realign the company towards its core policy role of distressed ... ( read original story ...)
Riding the victory wave
Fans of the CTBC Brothers baseball team gather at the CTBC Financial Park in Taipei’s Nangang District yesterday to celebrate their team’s victory in the CPBL Taiwan Series earlier this month, the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan referendums fail in major setback for opposition
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Dec 18 (Reuters ... Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to professionals via Thomson Reuters desktops, the world's media ... ( read original story ...)
KYMCO likely to follow Harley-Davidson’s lead, spin-off electric motorcycle division with IPO
KYMCO, the largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, says it is likely to spin-off its IONEX line of electric vehicles as a new public entity with an overseas IPO. The move would take a ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street close to triggering a climate financial crisis
If the financial services industry was a nation, it would rank as the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases. A study authored by the Sierra Club and the Center for American Progress shows ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Marathon to conduct carbon footprint verification
The organizers of the Taipei Marathon are to conduct carbon footprint verification for the first time in the event’s history this year, as the Taipei City Government is seeking to reduce carbon ... ( read original story ...)