Pixel smartphone upgrade highlights Google push into hardware

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Wednesday unveiled new versions of its Pixel smartphone, the highlight of a refreshed ... California tech giant announced the acquisition of key segments of Taiwan-based electronics group HTC. The upgraded smartphones will be ... ( read original story ...)

New Pixel smartphone headlines Google device launch

... since Google announced the acquisition of key segments of Taiwan (Taiwan OTC: 6549.TWO - news) -based electronics group HTC (Shenzhen: 200771.SZ - news) . The smartphones will be available for order as of Wednesday in six countries starting at $649 ... ( read original story ...)

Google launches updated Pixel smartphones, speakers

Pixel 2 and larger Pixel 2 XL are first Google-made phones to be released since the acquisition of ... the California tech giant announced the acquisition of key segments of Taiwan-based electronics group HTC. The upgraded smartphones will be available ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan shares close up 0.47%, led by TSMC

The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed up 48.92 points ... gaining 3.44 percent to close at NT$316.00, while smartphone camera lens maker Largan Precision Co. (大立光) added 0.81 percent to end at NT$5,590.00. The second-tier ... ( read original story ...)

Why Taiwanese corporates flock to A/H share markets for IPOs

To put into perspective, this is over half the amount raised through IPOs on the Taiwan Stock Exchange during the same period. Following the seven successful deals, another Taiwanese corporate, Avary Holding, is also filing their A-share IPO. Currently ... ( read original story ...)

Sunset over Taipei, Taiwan

The tower on the right is Taipei 101 (formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center). The building was officially classified as the world’s tallest in 2004, and remained such until the completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. ( read original story ...)

China-based Taiwanese businesses urged to return to Taiwan

he hoped Taiwanese enterprises would seek ways of bringing their investments back to Taiwan. China's addiction to debt and its growing capital outflows are likely to create a property bubble and trigger a severe financial shock, he warned. In such a ... ( read original story ...)