Taiwan’s CPI climbs 0.5 pct in September

TAIPEI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's Consumer Price Index (CPI ... However, vegetable, eggs, fruit, telecom fee and consumer electronics saw price drops compared with last September. The core CPI, which excludes vegetables, fruit and energy, saw a year ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn-Sharp partnership

Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics has revealed it will acquire a 66% stake in Aurora Telecom retail chain for NT$546.89 million ... at IFA 2017 in Berlin and also simultaneously in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai as the company is gearing... Sharp has introduced ... ( read original story ...)

Bhullar aims high at Taipei golf tourney

Taipei, Oct 3: Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar hopes to ... THIS WEB SITE MAY BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME DUE TO REQUIRED MAINTENANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTIONS, OR OTHER DISRUPTIONS. IANSLIVE.IN (AND ITS OWNERS, SUPPLIERS ... ( read original story ...)

4 Mobile Video Game Stocks

Based in Taipei, Taiwan, GigaMedia publishes online games ... while its Virgo Remote Gaming Server Platform gives customers HTML5 games and technology for regulated markets. The9 is a Chinese company specializing in web and mobile games. ( read original story ...)

Sharp to buy stake in Taiwan mobile phone retailer

Aurora Telecom operates 148 stores on the island. Parent company Aurora Group has been the Taiwanese agent for Sharp's office automation equipment, such as multifunction copiers. Noting that some mobile phone stores also sell home appliances in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese equities open higher after week-long break

In Sydney, the S&P/ASX was up 0.7 per cent, buoyed by the telecommunications and materials sectors. Nine Entertainment and BHP Steel were among the biggest gainers, up 4.2 and 4 per cent respectively. Stock markets in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were off ... ( read original story ...)

Technology trade deficit holding back industry: Legislature

According to the report, the Budget Center found that Taiwan's reliance on U.S. technology imports has risen from 36.26 percent in 2002 to 76.24 percent in 2014, while reliance on such imports from other countries that are not major sources of Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)

This Taiwan ETF Is a Backdoor Bet on Apple’s iPhone Suppliers

Try an exchange-traded fund tracking Taiwanese stocks. As Apple prepares to roll out the iPhone X, the latest version of its flagship smartphone, on Nov. 3, international investors are ramping up bets on suppliers for the device, whose shares can rise and ... ( read original story ...)

IPhone 8 Plus: Batteries Bursting Out of New Phones?

"There are now at least five cases of possible iPhone 8 Plus battery failure", MacRumors notes, "following reports in Taiwan, Japan ... More iPhone 8 Plus owners have reported incidents of the smartphone cracking open due to swelling batteries. ( read original story ...)

Learning from our Taiwanese neighbors

Moving on from their reputation as makers of shoddy “Mickey Mouse” products in the 1960s and early 1970s, Taiwan businesses invested in research and development—and soon came out with personal computers, cell phones and other electronics that have ... ( read original story ...)