I remember visiting Taipei a year back, walking past the city’s north gate to find the chain’s first property in Asia under construction. That was fresh from my stay at the citizenM New York Time Square months before where I had pretty good memories of ... ( read original story ...)
Strong earthquake strikes off Taiwan’s coast
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A strong and shallow earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Sunday night, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake's epicenter was 14 kilometres (9 miles ... ( read original story ...)
Babos Beats Kozlova to Win Taiwan Open
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Fourth-seeded Timea Babos defeated Kateryna Kozlova 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday to win the Taiwan Open. After a tight first set, Babos took control with a hard-hitting display to claim her third WTA singles trophy of her career. After dropping ... ( read original story ...)
IOTA’s Tangle Protocol to Transform Taipei into a Smart City
The capital of Taiwan is striving to integrate the technology’s “blockless” distributed ledger technology, Tangle, to its multiple programs of the smart city project. The Taipei smart city project was initiated last year in which the city introduced ... ( read original story ...)
JHL Biotech’s Application to Voluntarily Terminate Trading of Shares Approved by Taipei Exchange
HSINCHU, Taiwan and WUHAN, China, Feb. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- JHL Biotech (TPEx: 6540) announced that the Taipei Exchange ("TPEx") granted approval on February 2 for the termination of trading of JHL's shares on the Emerging Stock Market of TPEx. ( read original story ...)
Babos Advances to Taiwan Open Finals With Win Over Wang
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Fourth-seeded Timea Babos beat Wang Yafan 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to the final of the Taiwan Open. Babos claimed her first win in three matches against Wang and will face Kateryna Kozlova in Sunday's final. Kozlova eliminated Sabine ... ( read original story ...)
Fdx Advisors Raised Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg LTD Sponsored Adr (TSM) Position By $683,908; FS Bancorp Has 4.25 Sentiment
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd Sponsored Adr now has $221.05 ... FS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding firm for 1st Security Bank of Washington that provides banking and financial services to families, businesses, and industry niches in Puget Sound ... ( read original story ...)
China’s new pitch to win over Taiwan: Our jobs are better
Professionals such as engineers and financiers also handily get work, while people in any field will find more "business opportunities" given China's market size compared with Taiwan's, she said. The Chinese province of Fujian, the one geographically ... ( read original story ...)
Wang overpowers Bouchard to reach Taiwan Open semifinals
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Yafan Wang defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Taiwan Open on Friday. Wang took advantage of six double-faults by the 2014 Wimbledon finalist and will next face fourth-seeded Timea Babos, who beat Magda ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ranked 13th globally in economic freedom
A year after Taiwan achieved its highest ranking of 11th on the index, which was first compiled in 1995, it fell to 13th in the latest rankings, with declines in property rights, business freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom and investment freedom. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to promote central bank deputy to governor
Yang joined the central bank’s department of economic research in 1989 after working as a researcher at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance for several years. A fluent English-speaker, Yang helped communicate with the US to get Taiwan removed from ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan firms seeking Mindanao agri partnerships
THE Board of Investments (BoI) said companies from Taiwan are seeking potential partners for agriculture and aquaculture ventures in Mindanao. In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry’s investment promotions arm said that the Taiwan External ... ( read original story ...)
Bouchard beats Bogdan to reach Taiwan Open quarterfinals
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Canada's Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the quarterfinals of the Taiwan Open by beating Ana Bogdan 7-5, 7-5 Thursday. Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., broke Bogdan to 6-5 and then converted her second match point. She will next face Yafan Wang ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei City Partners with IOTA to Become a Blockchain-Powered Smart City
As Dominik Schiener, Co-Founder of the IOTA Foundation explained, “partnering with Taipei City lays new foundations for business models and real implementation of our technology. It is great to see IOTA’s technology implemented in a variety of ... ( read original story ...)
IOTA Partners with Taipei City to “Meet its Smart City Needs”
The first project will be digital citizen cards with built-in TangleID. Tangle is IOTA’s spin on blockchain type tech. As Taipei City’s “Smart City Living Lab” opens to proof-of-concept projects, IOTA’s distributed ledger technology may help ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says China air route dispute will determine future ties
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A dispute with China over its opening of new air routes near Taiwan will determine future relations between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan's government said amid a deepening disagreement that could strand thousands over an important holiday. ( read original story ...)