Seoul shed more than two percent after data showed the South Korean economy suffered its worst year since 1998, when the Asian financial crisis rocked the region. Singapore, Taipei, Manila and Jakarta ... ( read original story ...)
Housing recovery sees transactions hit seven-year high
Housing transactions last year hit a seven-year high, as the market recovered steadily from the introduction of a property gains tax in 2016, government data showed on Tuesday. Data released by the ... ( read original story ...)
Google opens new office as it looks to expand recruitment
Google yesterday opened a new office in New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋), the company’s first hardware engineering facility outside the US. “As a Taiwanese and an engineer, it’s extremely ... ( read original story ...)
RepRisk Provides ESG Risk Data to Yuanta Securities Investment Trust (Yuanta Funds)
RepRisk, the leading ESG data science firm combining machine learning and human intelligence to identify and assess ESG risks, is pleased to provide ESG risk data to Yuanta Funds, a leading asset ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan economy seen growing 3.61% in fourth quarter on boost from exports
Taiwan's largest trading partner China registered faster-than-expected economic growth in the fourth quarter of last year, with GDP up 6.5% year-on-year. ( read original story ...)
Google to make Taiwan its main hardware R&D hub outside US
Google on Wednesday pledged to expand its research and development team in Taiwan, making it the American tech giant's biggest hardware engineering hub outside the U.S., in a sign of the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Lawmaker Accuses China’s Xi Jinping of Hypocrisy After Davos Speech
The Chinese leader's pointed speech, which many took as a veiled message for President Joe Biden, included the line: "The strong should not bully the weak." ... ( read original story ...)
Micron Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Semtech Corp, and Microchip Technology
Micron Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Semtech Corp, and Microchip Technology For immediate ... ( read original story ...)
The Fed and Earnings on Tap
Apple, Facebook, Tesla, and Boeing are among the corporates reporting earnings today. Benchmark 10-year bonds are little changed, with the US Treasury yield around 1.04%. Italian bonds are firm ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Metro slams Japanese adult video platform for clips with strikingly similar settings
Taiwan's Taipei Metro has slammed a Japanese adult video platform for releasing a series of explicit clips filmed on a set strongly resembling the city's MRT system, Taiwanese media reported. Platform ... ( read original story ...)
China Will Never Renounce Using Force Against Taiwan, Warplanes a Warning: CCP Official
In its first press conference since large groups of Chinese warplanes alarmed Taiwan's defenses over the weekend, Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office said the moves were warnings for Taipei and the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Medeon Announces Positive Clinical Results for XFLO Minimally Invasive BPH Treatment Device
Medeon Biodesign, Inc. (TPEx: 6499), a Taiwan publicly traded medical device company, is pleased to announce positive interim results of the EXPANDER-1 Clinical Study for its flagship product the ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom forecasts slow growth
Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom issued conservative earnings guidance for 2021, targeting a modest rise in revenue ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s media and entertainment industry heading for V-shaped recovery?
Over the past year, the entertainment sector has been one of the worst-hit industries globally. Live concert and movie box-office sales collapsed as theatres shuttered in the wake of nationwide ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says chipmakers to prioritise auto chips amid global shortage
Four major Taiwanese chip makers met the island's economics minister on Wednesday and told her they were willing to prioritise supplies for auto makers amid a global shortage of chips for the industry ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says chipmakers to prioritise auto chips
Taiwan Economics Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Wednesday she had met with senior executives of four major Taiwanese chipmakers who told her they were willing to prioritise supplies for auto makers ... ( read original story ...)