Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) is scheduled to announce Q3 earnings results on Thursday, October 13th, before market open. The report comes about a week after the Hsinchu-based ... ( read original story ...)
Mega Financial mulling second capital increase
State-run Mega Financial Holding Co (兆豐金控) is reportedly planning a second capital increase for its non-life insurance arm, Chung Kuo Insurance Co (兆豐產險), as losses from claims linked to COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Tax revenue increases 21% on corporate income tax
Corporate income tax revenue swelled 55 percent to NT$163.4 billion last month, as companies generally reported an improvement in business, although the nation’s exports faltered, the ministry said. ( read original story ...)
US lawmaker reaffirms commitment
The Ministry of Finance in July said that Taipei and Washington had inked taxation-related deals, such as a transportation income tax agreement in 1988. However, the two countries have not entered ... ( read original story ...)
Formosan pangolin on loan to zoo in Prague pregnant
The female of a pair of Formosan pangolins borrowed by Prague Zoo from Taipei Zoo earlier this year for a breeding project is pregnant ... seeks to eradicate the invasive species from Taitung City’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Plans to Build New Warships to Counter China’s Pressure
Taiwan’s navy plans to update its aging fleet of warships, a move intended to counter ramped up military pressure from China.Most Read from BloombergHere’s How Weird Things Are Getting in the Housing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Reasons Why It Is Futile For US And China To Harm TSMC
Chen Ming-tong, director-general of Taiwan's National Security Bureau, deemed it useless to take over facilities from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (NYSE: TSM) if Beijing took control ... ( read original story ...)
If China invades Taiwan, some US officials want to bomb TSMC
Some US officials suggested that destroying TSMC facilities would be more desirable than China getting access to semiconductor production, but Taiwanese officials state that won't be necessary. ( read original story ...)
Jay Park nicknamed ‘bra collector’ after fans throw their bras at him in Taipei concert
Jay Park was showered with undergarments from several die-hard fans during a recent concert in Taipei. Fans started throwing their bras at the Seattle-born rapper, whose full name is Park Jae-beom, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan warns China to halt drones or risk war
Taiwan has threatened to shoot down any Chinese drones that approach its airspace, suggesting that by deploying them Beijing would be firing “the first shot” in ... ( read original story ...)
Socionext Defies Chip Slump With Japan’s Biggest IPO This Year
Making its market debut on Wednesday, Japan's Socionext Inc bucked softening sentiment toward chips by surging 15% in Tokyo's biggest initial public offering of the year so far. Shares in the fabless ... ( read original story ...)
Asian markets in decline as Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul share trading resumes after holidays
Stocks in Taiwan were down 4% early in the first trading session after the U.S. imposed new limits on exports of semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China. ( read original story ...)
Taipei Metro to trial free sanitary products for women
Taiwan's largest metro line will begin a trial next month offering women free sanitary products, spurred by a recent push in some neighbouring Asian countries to tackle "period poverty". ( read original story ...)
German startup NanoWired provides novel interconnection solutions to serve semiconductor industry in Taiwan
German startup has been announced as one of the winners in the Taiwan Exhibition (TIE) 2022 innovation award competition. TIE will be hosted from October 13 to 16 at the Taipei World Trade Center ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Says China Looking at Ukraine War to Develop ‘Hybrid’ Strategies
Taiwan has been carefully studying the lessons of the Ukraine war to inform how it may react should China, which views the democratically ruled island as its own territory, ever makes good on threats ... ( read original story ...)
‘He doesn’t know much about Taiwan’, says premier after Musk’s ‘become part of China’ remarks
"Musk is a businessman," Su told a parliamentary session. "He has a big car factory in Shanghai and he wants to promote his electric vehicles... a businessman may say this today and say that tomorrow" ... ( read original story ...)