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CDC lists locations for self-pay COVID-19 PCR tests
A total of 84 healthcare facilities have been designated to provide COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that people planning on traveling abroad can pay for themselves, the Central Epidemic ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market May Run Out Of Steam On Thursday
The Taiwan stock market has tracked higher in two straight sessions, gathering almost 270 points or 2 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just beneath the 14,000-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
NT$ may be added to US watchlist: central bank
The central bank would intervene in the market whenever necessary to help stabilize the New Taiwan dollar, central bank Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) said yesterday, adding that it is concerned Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, US should launch trade talks, Hsiao Bi-khim says
Taiwan and the US should negotiate a bilateral trade agreement, Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said on Monday during a virtual conference hosted by the Atlantic Council, a US think tank. ( read original story ...)
China’s Bluetooth audio chip king set for $741m Shanghai IPO
China's top Bluetooth audio chip developer is set to raise 4.86 billion yuan ($741 million) in an initial public offering in a sign that Beijing's efforts to boost its domestic semiconductor industry ... ( read original story ...)
Economy rebounding, Taiwan suggests possibility of rate rise
T aiwan's economic growth this year is expected to be better than originally forecast, but whether an interest rate increase happens in the first half of next year depends on the situation then, ... ( read original story ...)
US panel calls for ‘higher-level’ envoy in Taiwan
The director of the de facto U.S. embassy in Taiwan should be confirmed by the Senate to bolster ties with the self-ruled island, a congressional advisory panel said Tuesday, as it warned of a growing ... ( read original story ...)
Ring Shine’s foreign sponsors desperate to sell stake
The sponsors, who are Singapore and Taiwan nationals, have reached out to several institutional investors offering to sell their stake ... ( read original story ...)
CTBC Investments and ICE Data Services to Collaborate on ESG Products
(NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listings services, today announced that ICE Data Services and CTBC Investments Co. ( read original story ...)
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Is Not Without Geo-Political Risk
ETF is Blackrock's leading Taiwan focused ETF. It is predominantly comprised of midcap and large cap businesses widely covering 85% of publicly listed Taiwanese companies. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s GDP might grow up to 4% next year: Fubon
Taiwan’s economy is likely to expand 3.5 to 4 percent next year, Fubon Financial Holding Co (富邦金控) said yesterday, adding that the situation would depend on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s GlobalWafers in talks to buy German rival Siltronic
Taiwan's GlobalWafers, the world's third-largest maker of semiconductor wafers, confirmed Monday it is in advanced talks to acquire German rival Siltronic AG in a deal worth an estimated $4.5 billion. ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s Ant IPO Unlikely To Happen Before 2022 Over New Regulatory Hurdles: Report
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)-backed Ant Group is unlikely to be able to hold its suspended initial public offering before 2022, Bloomberg reported Sunday. What ... ( read original story ...)
Anger grows at Hong Kong’s erratic COVID-19 rules as cases mount
As Hong Kong battles a new wave of COVID-19 infections with yet another round of social restrictions, a sense of fatigue with the confusing and inconsistent nature of the territory’s pandemic response ... ( read original story ...)
Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor
Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork ... ( read original story ...)