Chunghwa Telecom looking overseas with original content

TAIPEI -- Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's fourth-largest company by market capitalization and the island's largest telecom operator, is betting on original video content to drive growth and foster overseas business at a time when its existing services face a ... ( read original story ...)

TSMC’s Founder to Retire and Hand Reins to Co-CEOs in June

Its shares rose 1.9 percent in Taipei Monday. Read more ... He passed through Hong Kong before heading to Harvard and then the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study mechanical engineering, laying the groundwork for his future career. ( read original story ...)

Head of Taiwan microchip giant TSMC set to retire

The man who founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and made it the world's biggest microchip producer in terms of contracts announced Monday he would retire next year. Morris Chang, one of Taiwan's most revered business leaders, worked at US ... ( read original story ...)

Registration for the Taipei Cycle awards has opened

Registration for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2018 has officially opened. This year, iF Design Asia has once again been invited by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and the Taiwan Bicycle Association to organize the competition. Designers ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan concert clash reveals divisions over China’s outreach

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police are looking for a final suspect involved in clashes at a Chinese-organized concert in Taipei between Taiwanese pro-independence protesters and Beijing supporters that revealed divisions over China's influence on the self ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan manufacturing PMI points to steady growth

Taiwan’s manufacturing sector expanded at a solid rate again in September thanks to a rise in new orders, according to a market survey. The Nikkei-Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index for Taiwan came in at 54.2 in September, down a touch ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Business Bank (2834) Decline -0.12% on Oct 2

Shares of Taiwan Business Bank (TPE:2834) last traded at 8.28, representing a move of -0.12%, or -0.01 per share, on volume of 183,000 shares. After opening the trading day at 8.29, shares of Taiwan Business Bank traded in a close range. Taiwan Business ... ( read original story ...)

September 2017 fundings, acquisitions and IPOs

And Restoration Robotics’ IPO will start being listed on NASDAQ early in October ... and KTB Network (South Korea), Foxconn (Taiwan); and BDC Capital (Canada). Humatics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of sensors, software, and control systems ... ( read original story ...)

Southbound Policy Helps Taiwan Banks Advance

Taiwan has long suffered from a saturated domestic banking market, prompting its banks to foray abroad for new business opportunities. Under the administration of former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), banks took advantage of the cross-Strait detente ... ( read original story ...)