Category: FINANCE

The nation’s listed companies reported combined Chinese investment gains of NT$122.6 billion (US$4.31 billion) in the third quarter, up 21 percent year-on-year and hitting a high for the period, the ... ( read original story ...)

Pig guts fly in offal fight over meat imports in Taiwan’s parliament” — The Guardian “Pig intestines fly as Taiwan lawmakers engage in ham-fisted political attacks” — The Washington Post It was a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI: Taiwan's GlobalWafers, the world's third-largest maker of semiconductor wafers, said Thursday it has signed an agreement to acquire German rival Siltronic AG in a deal worth around $4.5 ... ( read original story ...)

Airbnb Inc has priced its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) above a marketed range to raise about US$3.5 billion, seizing on investor demand for a home-rental business roaring back from a ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan stock market has climbed higher in four straight sessions, advancing almost 410 points or 3 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 14,390-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

You would expect financial institutions to understand investing in assets that deliver outsize returns. When it comes to biodiversity and the broader category of natural capital, most investors still ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) plans to launch a retirement-focused fund platform offering investment choices such as annuities in 2021, according to a local news report and confirmed ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economy is set for strong growth in 2021 after bucking a global downturn this year thanks to demand for its hi-tech products during the coronavirus pandemic and investment returning from ... ( read original story ...)

Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Academia Sinica are set to invest a total of NT$8 billion (US$280.7 million) over five years to establish an R&D team to enhance Taiwan's quantum computing ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in three straight sessions, gathering almost 380 points or 2.7 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 14,360-point ... ( read original story ...)

Asian equities were mostly off on plunging/light volumes. Taiwan outperformed while Korea took a hit after yesterday’s strong performance. The Hang Seng was off by -0.76% on US-China political ... ( read original story ...)

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is later this month to begin a special examination of the nation’s top 10 mortgage lenders to see if banks exercise solid risk management, FSC Chairman ... ( read original story ...)

Finance ministers and central bankers from G7 economies strongly support the need to regulate digital currencies, the US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Monday after a virtual ... ( read original story ...)

Acer announced today its consolidated revenues for November at NT$28.72 billion, up 40.6% year-on-year (YoY) and by 12.5% month-on-month. Consolidated revenues for year-to-November reached NT$248.72 ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's exports totaled US$31.99 billion in November 2020, growing 12% on year to reach the second highest-ever monthly level, next only to US$32.23 recorded in the preceding month, according to the ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan stock market has tracked higher in back-to-back trading days, gathering almost 280 points or 2 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just above the 14,250-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)