Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes (NHRI ... a paper summarizing the team's findings and is also hoping to find a partner for the technology so that further clinical trials can be conducted and a therapeutic drug developed. ( read original story ...)
Government to provide support for social housing: Tsai
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文 ... As for new housing locations, Tsai said the Finance Ministry, the (MOI) and the Defense Ministry will make 350 hectares of government land available for city and county governments for social ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC kicks off record $24bn advanced chip project
"The latest chip project is set to go into test pilot runs ... 5-nanometer advanced chip facility in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Friday. It will cost more than 500 billion New Taiwan dollars ($17.2 billion) alone. But if overall research ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semi (TSM) Q4 Earnings Beat on Strong Product Ramp Up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of 64 cents per ADR, which exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Further, it increased 13% sequentially and 5% year over year. Moreover, revenues increased 5.9% year over ... ( read original story ...)
Survey of Global Firms in Taiwan Blasts Labor Laws, Warns on Talent
The research, conducted by Australia-based Independent Marketing & Research, polled 201 Taiwan-based executives from companies headquartered in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific on their thoughts about doing business in Taiwan. Issues with Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Smartphone battery explodes in Chinese man’s face after he bites it
The explosion, which occurred at an electronics store last Friday (Jan 19), happened less than a second after the man took a bite of the smartphone battery, reported Taiwan News. The episode was captured by the store's CCTV security cameras, and the video ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan smartphone sales dip lower in December
Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market slid 5.5% sequentially to 614,000 units in December 2017, as sales momentum of Apple's iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices began to slow down, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Nevertheless, Apple remained ... ( read original story ...)
‘Economic blackmail’: Zara, Qantas, Marriott and Delta change Taiwan references after China anger
An ethics professor whose book on China’s soft power was not published due to fear of Beijing’s influence told Business Insider this amounts to “economic blackmail.” Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, but Taiwan’s political ... ( read original story ...)
97 Taiwanese arrested in eastern Europe for telecom fraud
Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protests from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)
97 Taiwanese arrested in Europe for telecom fraud
Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protest from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Navy Likely To Get 60 Stealth Mini-Missile Assault Boats By 2022
Taiwan’s Navy will begin research in stealth technology construction for small-but-powerful frigates with deadly weaponry onboard, in an effort to ramp up asymmetric warfare amid growing threats of Chinese military invasion. Taiwan’s Chief of the ... ( read original story ...)
Clifford Beaumont: UK Inflation Eases
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, January 18, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — Analysts ... Clifford Beaumont analysts believe that this decline could indicate that the financial pressure on UK households could decrease over the next few months. In the first fall since June ... ( read original story ...)
QNB Group: Financial Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2017
The financial results for 2017 along with the profit distribution ... programme and was listed on the Taipei Stock Exchange. Under this programme, a US$ 630 million tranche was issued with a maturity of 30 years callable every 5 years. ( read original story ...)
China says has goodwill toward Taiwan, but won’t allow separation
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to show utmost goodwill towards self-ruled Taiwan but won’t allow its separation from China, the country’s defense ministry said on Thursday after Taiwan’s president said she does not rule out the possibility of a ... ( read original story ...)
Apple ranked best smartphone seller in Taiwan in December
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Apple Inc., the U.S. consumer electronics giant, retained its title as the top smartphone brand in Taiwan in December following the launch of the premium iPhone X a month earlier, according to industrial sources. A total of 614,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Global games market riding wave of new technology
Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) As the technology industry pushes out more and more consoles, PCs, tablets and other devices, seemingly with no end in sight, a huge beneficiary of all the new technology is the global games market. Speaking at the opening ceremony of ... ( read original story ...)