As one of the world’s top five electronic Point of Sale (POS) system suppliers, Posiflex Technology is wrapping up a particularly banner year for 2022, benefiting from vigorous refurbishments in ...
WTW appoints Tony Yen as Head of Taiwan
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced the appointment of Tony Yen as Head of Taiwan, effective 1 January 2023. Tony succeeds Charles Wang who ...
Taiwan still semiconductor leader as chip exports surge 18.4% in 2022
Taiwan’s heft in the industry rests on the output of giants like TSMC, which has more than half of global market share. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Chunghwa Express workers might go on strike
The Chunghwa Express Co employees’ union said it might go on strike before the Lunar New Year holiday, due to a salary dispute, after a vote on possible labor action passed on Saturday. The company, ...
Taiwan shares rise; investors should be cautious
Taiwanese shares last week rose from the previous week in tandem with a rally of tech stocks on Wall Street, but investors should remain cautious about negative developments emerging from global ...
Call for PLA to use AI for ‘smart deterrence’ against US over Taiwan
Meanwhile, American think tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies warned in a recent report that while Beijing would be unlikely to succeed in seizing Taiwan in a ...
China’s new financial direction
China’s rise has been the defining story of the past three decades. No analysis of international economics or politics can ignore it. However, the conversation has shifted. Before 2017, it was widely ...
Taiwan Semiconductor stock up as company expects easing to chip shortage
Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley discusses the latest on chip stocks after Taiwan Semiconductor's chief said that supply chain issues are improving.
NVIDIA vs. Taiwan Semi: Which Chip Stock Is the Better Buy in 2023
Chip demand has been under pressure lately. However, industry executives have a positive outlook for 2023. Also, the industry is expected to witness steady growth in the long term.
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit up 78%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other products, said Thursday its quarterly profit rose 78% over a year earlier but ...
Only Pyrrhic Victories In A Taiwan War
The US and its allies may still be able to repel a Chinese invasion of Taiwan but any such clash would come at a massive cost, a recent simulatio ...
IPOs in Taiwan expected to rise modestly this year
The number of initial public offerings (IPO) would rise modestly this year, as the capital market improves in the second half of the year, despite current concerns over global inflation and monetary ...
Local government debt tops NT$79 billion
Local government debt reached NT$793.9 billion (US$26.09 billion) last year, with the six special municipalities comprising 81 percent of the total, or NT$644.5 billion, Ministry of Finance data ...
Surplus tax revenue beat government goal by 18.2%
There was a 12 percent increase to NT$3.22 trillion in tax revenue for the whole of last year, even though tax revenues for last month shrank 15 percent from a year earlier amid an ongoing economic ...
Taiwan, France sign deal on insurance cooperation
Taiwan and France have signed an exchange of letters to forge closer cooperation in the supervision of the insurance industry, the Financial Supervisory Commission said yesterday. Commission Chairman ...
Strong growth credited for tax surplus
The difference between the government’s GDP projection and the nation’s real economic performance accounts for a tax surplus from last year, finance officials told lawmakers yesterday. The comments ...