Taiwan ranks fourth in economic freedom index

Taiwan was among the only four countries that made it into the “Free” category in the Index of Economic Freedom released by the US Heritage Foundation this week. Taiwan’s score rose 0.6 points from ...

Real-estate transfers as gifts soar

Photo: Hsu Yi-ping, Taipei Times Local administrators raised property taxes to between 1.5 percent and 3.6 percent on a fourth unoccupied home, compared with 1.2 percent for a self-occupied and the ...

TSMC nation’s No. 1 patent applicant

Photo: Grace Hung, Taipei Times Patents are categorized into three groups ... up 18 percent. Intellectual Property Office Director Hong Shu-min (洪淑敏) said applications from Nanya Technology and ...