Category: FINANCE

Achiko AG (SWX:ACHI, ISIN CH0522213468) appoints Robert Rieder as Chief Financial Offer ("CFO"), replacing CFO ad interim Ruediger Petrikowski, who has done a phenomenal job driving results and ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese man managed to cross the highly-militarised Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy to seek “freedom and democracy,” according to Taiwan’s police. The man, only identified by his surname Zhou, was ... ( read original story ...)

An export-centered recovery—and the policy choices that come with it—has stored up financial vulnerabilities down the line in South Korea and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Taipei: Taiwanese tech giant ASUS is set to reportedly launch Zenfone 8 smartphone with a 3.5mm audio jack on May 12. When the Zenfone 7 series was announced last year, the two phones were missing the ... ( read original story ...)

It's a decision that could mean quicker access to a shot for countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa that have ordered Russia's vaccine, as the U.S. and the European Union focus mainly ... ( read original story ...)

Ahead of Friday's holiday for Labor Day, the Taiwan stock market stock had moved lower in two straight sessions, slipping almost 30 points or 0.2 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now ... ( read original story ...)

Most of the entertainment tax in northern Taiwan came from golf venues, while claw machines dominated central Taiwan, the Ministry of Finance said in a report. Revenue from golf venues made up 33 ... ( read original story ...)

Fubon Life Insurance, an insurer affiliated with Taipei-based financial conglomerate Fubon Financial, has committed $65 million to the ninth flagship fund of Boston-based private equity (PE) firm ... ( read original story ...)

WHO starts Sinovac review China's Sinovac vaccine is up next for review at the World Health Organization, which last week began assessing another Chinese vaccine, from Sinopharm, for an emergency-use ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will experience “considerable growth” in its economy in the first quarter of the year, but the Covid-19 pandemic will still be a hurdle on the path to recovery, the city’s finance chief has ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s economy grew the fastest in more than 10 years in the first quarter as companies scramble d to build new production lines in an effort to keep up with an insatiable overseas appetite for ... ( read original story ...)

Discover what’s driving the global economy and what it means for policy makers, businesses, investors and you with The New Economy Daily. Sign up here Taiwan’s economy grew the fastest in more than 10 ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 17,156 patents were applied by Taiwanese and foreign applicants in the first quarter of 2021, increasing 2.85% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Q1 2021 Earnings CallApr 29, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood morning, and welcome to the Enviva Partners LP ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s economy likely grew the fastest in 10 years in the first quarter of this year, as the prices and exports of computer chips and other electronic goods are soaring due to the pandemic and ... ( read original story ...)

Tencent, ByteDance and JD.com were among the firms ordered to change business practices that regulators see as risky, the latest sign of heightened scrutiny of the sector. ( read original story ...)