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 ...)
Google close to buying smartphone maker HTC’s assets: report
Alphabet Inc's Google is close to acquiring assets of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp , Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The Taiwan stock exchange said on Wednesday that HTC shares will be halted from Sept. 21 on a pending ... ( read original story ...)
PSI Opens Office in Taiwan
PSI Health Development Co. Ltd. is located at Level 37 , TAIPEI 101 TOWER, No. 7, Sec.5, Xinyi Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan (Photo: Business Wire) “We are excited about the PSI office opening,” says Ava Lu, PSI’s Clinical Operations Manager in Taipei. ( read original story ...)
HTC shares suspended amid rumoured Google takeover
Shares in HTC, the beleaguered Taiwanese smartphone maker, have been suspended amid rumours Google is preparing to announce an acquisition. Taiwan's stock exchange announced that shares would not be trading on Thursday morning "pending the release of ... ( read original story ...)
HTC suspends shares in wake of Alphabet takeover rumours
The Taiwanese smartphone and virtual reality headset manufacturer HTC will halt shares from Thursday, pending the “release of material information” following media reports of a purchase by Google’s parent, Alphabet. The once-powerful smartphone ... ( read original story ...)
HTC shares suspended over Google takeover speculation
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC is halting trading in its shares amid mounting speculation it is set to be taken over by Google’s parent group Alphabet. The technology firm told the Taiwan Stock Exchange, which is now closed, that it was suspending ... ( read original story ...)
Purchase of GigaMedia Shares by CEO Cheng-Ming Huang
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaMedia Limited (GIGM) today announced that its Chief Executive Officer Cheng-Ming Huang a.k.a. James Huang has purchased a total of 100,000 shares of GigaMedia stock by Pacific Star Universal Group Ltd. at ... ( read original story ...)