Fubon Financial Holding Co on Friday last week said it would extend its tender offer for Jih Sun Financial Holding Co by 50 days until March 23, as the company’s hostile takeover of its smaller rival ... ( read original story ...)
Domestic housing offerings up 9.2%
The value of new presale and housing products launched last quarter totaled NT$324.8 billion (US$11.43 billion), a 9.2 percent increase from a year earlier, a survey released by Cathay Real Estate ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says Chinese fighters, U.S. aircraft both entered defence zone
Six Chinese fighter aircraft and a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island's defence ministry said, in an unusual ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Pegatron, Tata to invest in Tamil Nadu to make phones, parts
Tata Electronics will invest ₹5,763 cr for making mobile phone components and Pegatron will invest ₹1,100 cr to make mobile phones as part of its phase I investment ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown to shake up world’s largest fintech market
In a four-year campaign to root out risks to China’s financial system, regulators have set upon their biggest target yet: the world’s largest financial technology sector. All three financial watchdogs ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC’s bet on global dominance pays off after decades of planning
With the global shortage of semiconductors becoming ever more serious, Taiwanese Economic Minister Wang Mei-hua held an unusual meeting with executives from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-China tech rivalry underscores world’s dependence on Taiwan semiconductor industry
Taiwan’s role in the semiconductor economy has been mostly taken for granted until the U.S. auto industry recently suffered shortfalls in chips used for everything from parking sensors to reducing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan GDP Growth Outpaces China For First Time In 30 Year, Posts 2.98% Growth In 2020
Taiwan's economic growth last year (2020) outpaced China for the first time in 30 years, helped by a strong demand for island nation's technology exports during the last quarter of the year and ... ( read original story ...)
Don’t Expect Elden Ring at the Taipei Game Show This Weekend
Taipei Game Show organizers have told fans not to expect an Elden Ring update this weekend. The game won't be at the event. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports first COVID-19 death in 8 months, from local cluster
Taiwan's government on Saturday reported the island's first death from COVID-19 since May, as it battles a small and unusual outbreak of locally transmitted cases. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: EU accused of ‘Trumpian act’ over NI vaccine threat; Taiwan reports first death since May
Shock and anger at EU’s move to invoke Brexit clause on Irish border; Fauci says ‘virus will continue to mutate’ as Democrats aim to fast-track Covid relief plan; Johnson & Johnson one-dose Covid vacc ... ( read original story ...)
India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency
India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be ... ( read original story ...)
Global fears grow over Taiwan, the world’s microchip factory
Days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, 15 Chinese warplanes flew sorties off the coast of Taiwan, crossing the midpoint of the 80-mile strait that separates the island from the Asian mainland. It was ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports first COVID-19 death in eight months, from local cluster
Taiwan's government on Saturday reported the island's first death from COVID-19 since May, as it battles a small and unusual outbreak of locally transmitted cases. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Taiwan reports first death since May; Coachella cancelled again
Shock and anger at EU’s move to invoke Brexit clause on Irish border; Fauci says ‘virus will continue to mutate’ as Democrats aim to fast-track Covid relief plan; Johnson & Johnson one-dose Covid vacc ... ( read original story ...)
PLA Aircraft Drills Near Taiwan No Threat to U.S., Navy Says
Recent exercises by Chinese military aircraft near Taiwan posed no threat to U.S. forces in the area but were “aggressive and destabilizing” for the region, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a ... ( read original story ...)