Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is looking forward to collaborating with the United States on matters of cyber security, she said when receiving U.S. Senator Steve Daines on Friday. Tsai highlighted many of the shared goals and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares end below 10,500 points but HTC soars
Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan came under heavy pressure to close below the 10,500-point mark Friday as large-cap suppliers to Apple Inc. took a beating, dealers said. Concerns over possible foreign institutional selling also affected investors ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese wheat purchases keep 200 Idaho and 800 PNW farms in business
Taiwan’s annual purchases of U.S. wheat are extremely vital to the state’s wheat industry and about 200 Idaho farms are in business because of that, said Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson. The Port of Portland handles about half ... ( read original story ...)
CCleaner attack on millions of computers sought out telecom firms, app’s owner says
SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers that broke into as many as 2.27 million accounts of a computer cleaning program were targeting telecom equipment companies in the United States, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, security company Avast told USA TODAY Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems Market Outlook to 2022
GlobalData's new report, "Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems Market Outlook to 2022", provides key market data on the Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems market. The report provides value, in millions of US dollars, volume (in units) and average ... ( read original story ...)
New dual-degree program with Taiwan Tech expands RIT’s international academic partnerships
Rochester Institute of Technology entered into a partnership with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, also called Taiwan Tech, to offer a dual Master of Science degree program. Students would receive a graduate degree in computer and ... ( read original story ...)
Could improved ties between Singapore and Beijing bring an end to city state’s military links with Taiwan?
The Starlight project was established in 1975 in a deal between Singapore’s late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Taiwan’s then Premier Chiang Ching-kuo. Given the city state’s limited land and airspace, the pair reached an agreement to allow its ... ( read original story ...)
Fishermen ‘kept like slaves’ in Taiwan
A group of foreign fishermen in Taiwan were locked in tiny windowless rooms around the clock to stop them escaping while not at sea, prosecutors said in the island's latest abuse case involving migrant workers. Fishing and boat company owners were among 19 ... ( read original story ...)
Google buys HTC’s Pixel team in $1.1B bet on devices
"We think this is a very important step for Google in our hardware efforts," Rick Osterloh, Google's senior vice-president of hardware, said at a press conference in Taipei. "We've been focusing on building our core capabilities. But with this agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan signs $576M wheat deal with United States
Taiwan has once again agreed to purchase a large share of U.S. wheat over the next two years, with most of it coming from Idaho, North Dakota and Montana. Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and Taiwanese milling industry officials signed the $576 million ... ( read original story ...)
Google to buy part of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC for $1.1 bn
Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC's research staff ... ( read original story ...)
Google to acquire HTC’s Pixel smartphone division in $1.1 billion deal
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (:GOOGL.O) Google said it would pay $1.1 billion in cash to acquire the division at Taiwan's HTC Corp (Taiwan:2498.TW - News) that develops the U.S. firm's Pixel smartphones, its latest push into hardware manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Google to buy part of HTC’s smartphone operations for around $1 billion: source
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is set to announce a deal to acquire part of Taiwanese firm HTC Corp's smartphone operations for about $1 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The deal will not ... ( read original story ...)
Google likely to buy stake in Taiwan smartphone maker HTC: report
Google is set to announce it is buying part of Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The deal for HTC's smartphone design unit would give the US tech giant more control of its mobile handset hardware as it seeks to ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.
The company was founded on June 15, 1996 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom is Taiwan's largest telecommunications company, with total assets of more than $14 billion. It operates not only fixed-line and mobile service businesses but ... ( read original story ...)
TSEC non-finance index (NFI) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Sep 20
TSEC non-finance index currently has a total float of shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 7521.29 and high of 9114.49. Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) Driving Taiwan Economy ... ( read original story ...)