The Patent Law of Taiwan was amended in its entirety on January 1, 2013, following by its partial amendments in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019. The Ministry of Economic Affairs released the draft partial ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says freezing assets of HK mogul is warning to global investors
Taiwan said on May 15 that Hong Kong freezing the assets of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was a sign that doing business in the Chinese-controlled city was increasingly risky ... ( read original story ...)
For Taiwan, Jimmy Lai’s assets freeze means it is risky to invest in Hong Kong
China’s national security law threatens the property of residents and investors in the former British colony. Assets worth US$ 64 million that belong to the media mogul were frozen yesterday. Ab ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sales surge 60% in Q1
Taiwan started off this year with the fastest increase in commercial property sales, which soared 60 percent from a year earlier to US$1.3 billion last quarter, a report by Real Capital Analytics (RCA ... ( read original story ...)
How a Taiwanese realty firm tackled young people’s fear to get married and became the most viewed local ad
What made Sinyi Realty's brand campaign, designed to encourage young people to overcome their fear of commitment, emerge as the most shared and liked Taiwanese ad. The Drum finds out ... ( read original story ...)
Central bank urges lenders to reduce risk
The central bank said that some officials have suggested more drastic steps to rein in the property market, while others believe ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ( read original story ...)
Property market in TSMC’s hometown in Taiwan boosted by semiconductor demand | Video
There's a property boom in Taiwan's Silicon Valley as tech workers buy up homes in the area. Led by TSMC, the world's biggest chip maker, tech companies in Taiwan are seeing unprecedented levels of ... ( read original story ...)
US greenlights flights by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines
Plans by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) for long-haul flights to Los Angeles Int'l have been given the thumbs up by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) which has granted the ... ( read original story ...)
Copper’s surge toward record high hits Chinese industry as plants idle units
Copper’s surge toward a record high is starting to cause stress for industrial consumers in China, the world’s largest market for the metal. Some Chinese manufacturers of electric wire have idled ... ( read original story ...)
Starlux Receives DOT Permission To Launch US Flights
Taiwanese airline Starlux has received the green light from United States authorities to begin flights between Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
IHG expands Kimpton brand
IHG Hotels & Resorts will expand its Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants brand with the signing of Kimpton Koh Samui, following the brand’s debut in October 2020. The 138-room boutique beachfront property on ... ( read original story ...)
Fewer presale housing units enter local market
The number of presale and new housing units on the market declined last quarter from the previous quarter, but selling prices continued to climb, defying policy measures to reverse the trend, a survey ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Affirms EnTie Commercial Bank’s National Long-Term Rating at ‘A(twn)’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed EnTie Commercial Bank's National Long-Term Rating at 'A(twn)'. The Outlook is Stable. At ... ( read original story ...)
$75M Beachfront Property Taken From Black Owners in 1927 Set to Be Returned to Descendants
Nearly a century after a stretch of land in Manhattan Beach was taken from its Black owners, Willa and Charles Bruce, the city and county appear to be on the verge of finally giving it back to the ... ( read original story ...)
Texas rancher swaps his oil pumps for wind turbines
Cattle rancher Bobby Helmers cranes to listen as the blades of his six giant wind turbines slice through the air in the same Texas fields that once echoed with the sounds of oil pumps. Like J.R. and ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from central Taiwan: Taiwan’s normalized accidents
In Normal Accidents, Charles Perrow’s classic analysis of technological systems and the accidents they foster, Perrow observes that “when we have interactive systems that are tightly coupled, it is ... ( read original story ...)