TAIPEI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan stocks closed 0.34 percent lower on Wednesday after reaching a 19-month intraday high on Tuesday, dragged by technology heavyweights including Acer on concerns that they had been overbought after recent gains. (read the story…) Related items (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-29 07:05 Taiwan stocks fall; AU slumps on quarterly loss (Interactive Investor) (AFX...
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TAOYUAN, Taiwan, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp said on Wednesday it has kept its 2010 capital expenditure budget unchanged at T$19 billion ($597 million) after returning to a profit in the fourth quarter of 2009. Nanya Tech said in a statement that its bit growth, or growth of storage...
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Taiwan Financial 2009 Net NT$8.54 Billion; Above Firm’s Forecast (continue…) Related items Financial firms to hire over 20,000 (Chinapost.com.tw) China flexing financial muscle: analysts (Brisbane Times) China flexes financial muscle as tensions with US rise (Business Times (Malaysia)) Taishin Financial HQ searched; business unaffected (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) Taishin Financial HQ searched; business unaffected (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
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Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — Nanya Technology Co. , Taiwan’s largest memory-chip maker, posted its first profit in eleven quarters after demand for computers rebounded and prices of semiconductors rose, according to a statement posted on the company’s Web site. (read the story…) Related items Asian Stocks Decline on Technology Losses, U.S. Jobless Claims (Bloomberg) Taiwan’s Nanya Tech says...
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The 2010 total amount of expenditures on information technology (IT) products and services in the Taiwan market is projected to be US$6,135.7 million, rising by 4.3% from 2009, according to International Data Center (IDC) Taiwan. (read the story…) Related items Justifying US arms sales to Taiwan (Taipei Times) Taiwan says to buy military helicopters from Europe (The Star) China-based...
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TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan Financial Holdings Co. posted a higher-than- expected 2009 net profit of NT$8.54 billion, helped by strong cross-selling among its banking, insurance, and securities units, Chairwoman Susan Chang said Wednesday. (continue…) Related items Taiwan Banks’ End-December Average NPL Ratio 1.15% Vs End November 1.29% (Nasdaq) Taiwan Hopes To Contribute To Global Financial Organizations (Nasdaq) Taiwan To...
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I don’t think so. If you look at telecom sector, the development there is mainly in handset-driven devices or telephony. Of course, in the last nine to ten years in Nigeria, it has come in form of GSM because it wasn’t here before. (read on…) People who looked at this item also looked at… Taiwan market: FET...
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The bank expects Taiwan issuers, led by the financial and technology sectors, to remain active in 2010 when it comes to using depositary receipts for capital raisings. (read the story…) Related items PROMISE Technology and PMC-Sierra Announce Commercial Availability of High-Performance SuperTrak 6G RAID Solution (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Research and Markets: The Pharmaceutical Market: Taiwan 2010 –...
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Forget the mythical Apple tablet that’s widely predicted to debut at Apple’s Jan. 27 media event — how about a new iMac “touch”? Apple may be planning on delivering a 22-inch iMac with a touchscreen display, according to DigiTimes, in turn citing Chinese newspaper Commercial Times . (read the story…) Related items French Telecom Exec Confirms Apple...
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