Category: FINANCE

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports rose in January for the seventh consecutive month, with the unexpectedly strong pace setting a new record as its manufacturers benefited from consumers staying at home during ... ( read original story ...)

The surge in exports is fuelled by rising demand for semiconductors and by companies rushing to get components ahead of the Lunar New Year. ( read original story ...)

SoftBank has recorded a third-quarter profit at its Vision Fund, as it gained from investments in Uber and other companies. ( read original story ...)

Vuno, one of South Korea’s leading medical artificial intelligence companies, will make an initial public offering Feb. 26, CEO Kim Hyun-joon said at a press event Monday. Advance subscriptions for ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Group Corp on Monday recorded an 844 billion yen ($8 billion) profit at its Vision Fund unit in the three months to Dec. ( read original story ...)

The case against the single mother of two comes amid a sharp rupture in relations between Beijing and the U.S. ally. ( read original story ...)

TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, has published a new report calling for the establishment of a UK Video Games Investment Fund (VGIF) to support the growth of the ... ( read original story ...)

A leading analyst warned that the US and China are heading towards a major military conflict over Taiwan, claiming "the drivers of war" are escalating. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI: Nearly 11,000 Hong Kongers moved to Taiwan in 2020 – almost double the number of a year earlier – after Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on the city. Democratic Taiwan has long ... ( read original story ...)

ANZ has been suspended from trading Taiwan dollar futures contracts for nine months following a probe by the nation’s central bank into a $11 billion suspected currency speculation scheme. ( read original story ...)

The central bank yesterday punished four foreign banks for helping grain merchants speculate in New Taiwan dollar-deliverable forwards in contravention of foreign-exchange regulations. In a statement ... ( read original story ...)

Video-streaming app Kuaishou is pictured on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration ... ( read original story ...)

Wall Street should have seen the GameStop Corp saga coming. Easier access to information, the proliferation of trading apps, zero-fee commissions, the ability to buy fractional shares, and US ... ( read original story ...)

With German state finances reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of raising funds by selling government assets has become a hot topic ahead of this year’s general election. German Minister ... ( read original story ...)

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today found that the dumping of certain heavy plate, originating in or exported from the Separate ... ( read original story ...)

Imagine Entertainment, CalFilms Asia and Sixty Percent Productions have partnered to co-finance and co-produce “Taiwan Crime Stories,” a Chinese-language anthology series inspired by real criminal ... ( read original story ...)