Taiwan’s manufacturing sector in longest period of expansion

Taiwan's purchasing managers index (PMI ... according to the think tank. The sub-indexes for business activity/production, new orders, employment and supplier deliveries fell 3.9, 1.3, 0.3 and 1.0, respectively, from a month earlier to 53.1, 54.6, 53.1 ... ( read original story ...)

Canada’s Roots Prices IPO

The IPO reportedly values the company at as much as C$672 million ... Midwest regions in the U.S. The company is also said to be working with its partner in Taiwan and China to help establish stores in Singapore and Malaysia. ( read original story ...)

Rivals circle Taiwan’s TSMC in new chip era

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.) By Robyn Mak HONG KONG, Oct 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Morris Chang, father of Taiwan's chip sector, is retiring at 86. His successors were groomed for years to take ... ( read original story ...)

China’s Secret Military Plan: Invade Taiwan by 2020

China has drawn up secret military plans to take over the island of Taiwan by 2020, an action that would likely lead to a larger U.S.-China conventional or nuclear war, according to newly-disclosed internal Chinese military documents. The secret war plan ... ( read original story ...)

China Bills Finance Corp (2820) Soared 1.36% on Oct 3

China Bills Finance Corp currently has a total float of 1.34 billion shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 12.45 and high of 15.9. Taiwan is one of the fastest-growing countries in Asia in terms of ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan to acquire Orbital ATK cannons for local vehicle program

27 that will be used on an infantry fighting vehicle variant of the CM-32 Clouded Leopard. (Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Technology) MELBOURNE, Australia — Taiwan has ordered the Orbital ATK 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II cannon for an indigenous ... ( read original story ...)

Chaintech Technology Corp (2425) Dips -0.59% on Oct 3

Chaintech Technology Corp currently has a total float of 109.25 million shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 16.2 and high of 24.15. Taiwan is one of the fastest-growing countries in Asia in terms of ... ( read original story ...)

Founder of Apple’s Top Chipmaker to Hand Over Reins in June

He owned 0.48 percent of the business directly as of Aug. 31, according to a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Its shares rose 1.9 percent in Taipei Monday before his retirement was announced. Chang, one of the chip industry’s most respected figures ... ( read original story ...)

Smartphones made in India? Manufacturing ambition hits hurdles

Plans for Taiwan-based Foxconn to build an electronics plant in the state of Maharashtra, which local officials said in 2015 could employ some 50,000 people, have gone quiet. According to tech research firm Counterpoint, while phones are assembled ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese spend more time on 3C devices than sleeping: survey

Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) People in Taiwan spend more than eight hours a day on 3C devices ... of multiple device users tended to use computers while sending text messages on their smartphones, while 39 percent of them said they watched TV and used their ... ( read original story ...)