Taiwan Semiconductor stock (NYSE:TSM) rose 0.8% higher in Thursday’s premarket trading after a report in The Wall Street Journal that said the company plans to hike prices of its chips by 10% to 20%. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Eyes Jet Fighter Buy Amid Modest Hike in 2022 Defence Spending
Taiwan announced a more modest pace in defence spending for next year on Thursday, but will spend $1.44 billion on new fighter jets, as the island bolsters its forces in the face of increased pressure ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says BioNTech shots available earlier than expected
TAIPEI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government said BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccines are available earlier than expected and it is striving to obtain them in competition with other countries. ( read original story ...)
‘Poking the bear!’ Japan and Taiwan risk China fury as landmark talks planned
Speaking about the issue, Masahisa Sato, a parliamentarian who runs foreign affairs for Japan’s ruling Liberal democratic party, told the Financial Times that deeper dialogue was needed between the ... ( read original story ...)
Mild prices support steady rates: Yang
Stable consumer prices, which are forecast to grow about 1.6 percent this year, indicate that Taiwan’s economy is not overheating and lend support to keeping interest rates unchanged, central bank ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan central bank says economy not overheating, inflation stable
Taiwan's economy is not overheating and inflation is well under control, central bank governor Yang Chin-long said on Wednesday, as he responded to lawmakers' questions about prospects for an interest ... ( read original story ...)
Improved Operating Environment Boosts China’s Securities Sector
Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong/Taipei/Shanghai-24 August 2021: Fitch Ratings has raised our assessment of the operating environment (OE) for China’s securities sector to ‘bbb-’/stable, from ‘bb’/stable, ... ( read original story ...)
German regulator BaFin rejects insider trading suspicions in Daimler shares
Germany's financial regulator BaFin looked into suspicions of insider trading in carmaker Daimler's shares, including with respect to purchase of a stake in UK luxury carmaker Aston Martin by Mercedes ... ( read original story ...)
Is Now the Right Time to Buy Coupang Stock?
One company that has benefited from industry growth is South Korea-based Coupang (NYSE:CPNG), which has a business model similar to Amazon and JD.com. The company just IPO'd this spring, and has grown ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Revises Rating Watch on Huarong Financial Leasing to Evolving
Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Watch on China Huarong Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.'s (Huarong Financial Leasing) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB-' to Evolving (RWE) from Negative ... ( read original story ...)
Swedish finance head front-runner for PM
The resignation of Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven brings the largest Nordic economy a step closer to its first-ever female prime minister, and with it the task of fixing an ailing political ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Innovative Space will conduct a test launch of its Hapith I rocket in Australia later this year
Australian regulators have given Taiwan Innovative Space, a five-year-old launch company that goes by Tispace, the green light to conduct a commercial launch at a newly licensed facility in southern ... ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Taiwan stocks jump on local vaccine rollout, rupiah leads Asia FX higher
Taiwan stocks post biggest jump in 3 months * S. Korean, Indonesian and Thai stocks up 1% * Focus now on Bank of Korea decision later this week By Aug 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks soared over 2% on ... ( read original story ...)
TaskUs Ensures All 30,000+ Employees Benefit from Company IPO
As part of its successful IPO on NASDAQ on June 11, TaskUs committed to paying a cash or equity award to every one of their over 30,000 employees. Hundreds of the company's leaders around the globe ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Firm XREX Secures $17 Million in Funding
XREX, a Taiwan-based blockchain company, announced today that it has raised $17 million in the pre-A funding round to expand its fiat currency portfolio. ( read original story ...)
Asian markets and oil bounce after last week’s tumble
Focus is now on Fed chief Jerome Powell’s speech to the Jackson Hole annual conference of central bankers and finance chiefs ... more than two percent, as did Taipei, while Tokyo, Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)