Category: FINANCE

A senior Taiwanese official is urging the government to prepare policies to tackle the potential impact of cryptocurrencies on the island's financial stability. Speaking at a seminar, hosted on Feb. 2 by Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance, Shih Jun-ji ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Feb. 5 (CNA) Wellington Koo (顧立雄), chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), has urged investors to maintain their faith in Taiwan's stock market despite its tumble on Monday. Though the Taiwan Stock Exchange's benchmark index ... ( read original story ...)

Tech companies TSMC, Foxconn said no damages so far (Adds companies' comments, share performance) TAIPEI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's main stocks index extended its losses to 2.31 percent in early trade on Monday morning, after an earthquake shook the ... ( read original story ...)

HSINCHU, Taiwan and WUHAN, China, Feb. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- JHL Biotech (TPEx: 6540) announced that the Taipei Exchange ("TPEx") granted approval on February 2 for the termination of trading of JHL's shares on the Emerging Stock Market of TPEx. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd Sponsored Adr now has $221.05 ... FS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding firm for 1st Security Bank of Washington that provides banking and financial services to families, businesses, and industry niches in Puget Sound ... ( read original story ...)

Yang joined the central bank’s department of economic research in 1989 after working as a researcher at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance for several years. A fluent English-speaker, Yang helped communicate with the US to get Taiwan removed from ... ( read original story ...)

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said companies from Taiwan are seeking potential partners for agriculture and aquaculture ventures in Mindanao. In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry’s investment promotions arm said that the Taiwan External ... ( read original story ...)

New Taipei City, Taiwan -- Shareholders of key Apple supplier ... Foxconn hopes to raise capital and boost its financials as it faces mounting challenges to grow its core business as global smartphone demand slows. On Wednesday, Foxconn Chairman Terry ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 31, 2018 – Burton Mills economists report that French finance minister Bruno Le Maire says Germany and France aim to reach a mutual agreement on euro zone reform, including capital markets, the banking union and tax convergence by ... ( read original story ...)

For the day, the index plummeted 145.03 points or 1.29 percent to finish at the daily low of 11,076.78 after peaking at 11,189.57 on turnover of 137.38 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial plummeted 1.45 percent, while Fubon ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has suspended fruit imports from Tasmania after adult fruit flies and their larvae were found in the Apple Isle's north. Adult flies, considered a list-A pest, have been found on Flinders Island this month while larvae was discovered at Spreyton ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has joined South Korea in demanding compensation for steep US tariffs on solar panels, opening a 30-day window for negotiations, a World Trade Organization filing showed on Tuesday. Last week US President Donald Trump signed into law a 30% tariff on ... ( read original story ...)

HUALIEN — Taiwan troops staged live-fire exercises Tuesday to simulate fending off an invasion, as the island’s main threat China steps up pressure on President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated. The military dispatched ... ( read original story ...)

GENEVA (Reuters) - Taiwan has launched a demand for compensation for U.S. safeguard tariffs on solar panels, opening a 30-day window for negotiations, a World Trade Organization filing showed on Tuesday. Taiwan said that as an exporter with a substantial ... ( read original story ...)

In addition to a team that has already worked on the two Pixel smartphones (which were outsourced to HTC), Google is also gaining a big facility in Taipei, Taiwan, which marks its biggest new headquarters in South-East Asia and establishes a noteworthy ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI Qualcomm Inc will pay T$390 million ($13.35 million), its first installment of a fine for anti-trust violations in Taiwan, the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said on Tuesday, as the U.S. chipmaker grapples with issues around its business model. ( read original story ...)