IC exports soar past 21 percent

Accumulated exports from the IC sector in the first eight months of the year were US$76.022 billion, up 21.6 percent from a year earlier and a record high for the period, Ministry of Finance data ... ( read original story ...)

Insurers’ FYPs plunge 40 percent to NT$47.7bn

First-year premiums (FYPs) generated by the nation’s life insurers continued falling in August, plunging 40 percent annually to NT$47.7 billion (US$1.64 billion), due to new rules restricting firms ... ( read original story ...)