As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere keep setting record highs. The working group I contribute to the sixth assessment report published by the ... ( read original story ...)
Debut stock offering by Logan-based iFIT could make one Latter-day Saint apostle almost a billionaire
Plans by Logan-based iFIT Health & Fitness to go public would bring huge financial windfalls for two top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Financial Service Award 2021 Winners Revealed: TPIsoftware Awarded “Recommended Fintech Innovator Award”
With years of commitment in the financial industry, TPIsoftware has been held in high regard by several prominent clients for our extensive hands-on experiences in FinTech and professional services. ( read original story ...)
Fubon Life, Taiwan Life commit $75m to US investor Dragoneer’s latest vehicle
Fubon's investment will give it an estimated 2.6% stake in in Dragoneer Opportunities VI. Taiwan Life will own approximately 0.4% stake. ( read original story ...)
‘Vicious’ Tony Abbott slammed in scathing op-ed over Taiwan comments
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been savaged in a scathing new op-ed from China’s state-owned paper over his explosive comments about Taiwan. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s pro-Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
A made-in-China financial crisis?
With the World Bank and the IMF yesterday starting their annual meetings, all eyes are on Evergrande, China’s second-largest property developer, which apparently cannot repay about US$300 billion it ... ( read original story ...)
China taunts Biden by sending soldiers to Taiwan for assault training
TENSIONS between China and Taiwan have reached boiling point as Beijing sends soldiers to the island for assault training. ( read original story ...)
Ministry likely set to ease tax burden
The Ministry of Finance is expected to raise income tax deductions by the end of this year to ease the tax burden on income earners next year, as consumer prices have grown beyond the trigger point ... ( read original story ...)
China ridicules Tony Abbott as ‘failed and pitiful’ for his ‘despicable and insane’ warning that Australia could soon be at war with Beijing over Taiwan
The Chinese embassy in Canberra made the scathing comment against the former prime minister after it uploaded a statement to its website on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan rejects China’s ‘path’ amid show of military force
Taiwan's president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China's rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented tensions with Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s and Sri Lanka’s Power Sectors
There is no reason, except cabinet and ministerial mismanagement, government meddling and political corruption, why the electricity supply sector is a mess in Mother Lanka but successful in, say ... ( read original story ...)
How Australia could be forced to go to WAR as tensions between China and Taiwan reach fever-pitch
Dramatically increasing tension between China and Taiwan has raised the prospect of a world war in which Australia could become embroiled through our longstanding alliance with the United States. ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Jinping calls for ‘peaceful’ reunification with Taiwan
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Saturday that a “peaceful” reunification of Taiwan with China's mainland was in Beijing's interests, despite ratcheted up military threats against the self-governing ... ( read original story ...)
‘Starting a fire’: America and China enter dangerous territory over Taiwan
After holding out against unification demands from Chinas communist rulers for more than 70 years, Taiwan is now at the heart of the deepening discord between China and the U.S. The islands fate has ... ( read original story ...)
Can the United States Defend Taiwan from a Chinese Invasion?
Few leaders in “establishment Washington” have taken the time to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the capabilities of the U.S. Armed Forces and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes funding for Taiwan’s TSMC to build chip plant
The government is eyeing financial support for TSMC to build a chip-making factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, potentially with Sony Group Corp., that could cost ¥700 billion to ¥800 billion. ( read original story ...)