Smart-TV maker Vizio Holding Corp., backed by affiliates of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, has filed again to go public, this time with a growing entertainment platform. ( read original story ...)
‘Shocking’ collapse of champs Jiangsu is watershed for Chinese soccer, media say
The “shocking” collapse of champions Jiangsu is a watershed for Chinese soccer that should prompt a rethink from top to bottom, state media said. Jiangsu, who are owned by the conglomerate Suning — ... ( read original story ...)
China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its population by June, Chinese health ... ( read original story ...)
Darktrace appoints former BT boss to board ahead of £4bn float
He is also a director of Taiwan’s TSMC and is on the board of British chipmaker ... after UBS resigned from its position as one of the lead investment banks on the IPO. The shock move came against the ... ( read original story ...)
Athenex Provides Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Corporate and Financial Update
Receipt of Complete Response Letter from the FDA for Oral Paclitaxel Plus EncequidarKlisyri® (tirbanibulin) received FDA approval and launched commercially on February 18, 2021The New England Journal ... ( read original story ...)
Can the United States Prevent a War over Taiwan?
Taiwan is becoming the most dangerous flashpoint in the world. Events in and involving the small democracy could spark a war that draws in the United ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan drive to plug global chip shortage
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s drive to plug a global shortage of microchips has hit a snag - a lack of water for its foundries caused by a drought. Taiwanese high-tech chip foundries are some of the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Richard D. Fisher, Jr. On Taiwan: It’s simple: Either we arm Taiwan or die trying
When Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping (習近平) wakes up one morning and decides that his People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can win a war to conquer Taiwan, that is when his war will begin. To ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from central Taiwan: Some ‘damn foolish thing’ in the Senkakus
The ante was upped this month in the uninhabited islands by Beijing and Tokyo. Otto von Bismarck once famously remarked that the “great European war will come out of some damn foolish thing in the ... ( read original story ...)
Aborigines target of China’s ‘united front’: legislators
Lawmakers have called on the National Security Bureau to investigate claims of pervasive Chinese influence among Aboriginal communities. Legislators pointed to a surge in communist propaganda and ... ( read original story ...)
Women rising on Wall St, but still a long way to go
Pin-up photographs and smutty jokes have long been commonplace on trading floors, but the finance world is gradually opening up to women — underlined by the arrival today of Jane Fraser at the head of ... ( read original story ...)
Merkel is leaving, Macron is flailing, but the EU has a new heavyweight in Mario Draghi
One thing European leaders always knew about Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was he would never lose his cool. When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gathered senior policymakers ... ( read original story ...)
Robinhood plans confidential IPO filing as soon as March – Bloomberg News
Online brokerage Robinhood, at the centre of this year’s retail trading frenzy, is planning to file confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as March, Bloomberg News reported late on ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank says deal reached with WeWork founder, directors
SoftBank Group Corp. has reached a settlement in a U.S. legal dispute with directors of office space-sharing venture WeWork Inc. and its founder Adam Neumann, the Japanese technology company said ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Ant to boost consumer finance unit capital as it restructures micro-lending: sources
China's Ant Group is in talks with other shareholders in its new consumer finance unit to bolster the firm's capital as the fintech giant prepares to fold in its lucrative micro-lending businesses, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Loan House: CTBC Bank
CTBC Bank did not miss a beat in the Taiwanese loan market in 2020, cementing its leading position with senior roles on deals from acquisition financings to wind farm projects. It added to its ... ( read original story ...)