Although socially responsible investing is taking off in Taiwan, the island faces a number of hurdles, including a lack of established domestic ESG funds. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest warrant for suspect in deadly train crash
Taiwanese prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for a construction site manager whose truck is believed to have caused a train accident that killed at least 50 people, as authorities warned on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan: Prosecutors seek arrest after train crash which killed 50
Prosecutors in Taiwan want to arrest a construction site manager whose lorry is suspected of causing a train crash in which at least 50 people died. The train hit the lorry when it slid onto the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest warrant for suspect in deadly train crash
HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 3 (Reuters) - Taiwanese prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for a construction site manager whose truck is believed to have caused a train accident in which at least ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says European countries helping with submarine project
TAIPEI (Reuters) - European countries are providing help for Taiwan's indigenous submarine project, the island's defence ministry said, in a rare admission that the sensitive programme is not ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kioxia said to favor IPO over acquisition talks
The maker of memory chips sees an IPO as the most promising route to realizing value ... The ‘Nikkei’ reported that Appier Group is the first company from Taiwan to list in Tokyo since Trend Micro Inc ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ranks 15th for global exports: ministry
Taiwan ranked 15th in the world by export value last year at US$345.21 billion, gaining two places from a year earlier amid its strongest performance in 16 years, the Ministry of Finance said on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan train crash kills 41 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades
TAIPEI (Reuters) -At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 4-Taiwan train derails, at least four dead, many injured
A train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday after apparently hitting a truck, with at least four people feared dead and more than 20 injured, as rescuers struggled to reach crushed ... ( read original story ...)
Train crashes in Taiwan, causing injuries, possibly deaths
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A train partially derailed along Taiwan’s east coast Friday, injuring an unknown number of passengers and causing potential fatalities. The crash occurred near the Toroko Gorge ... ( read original story ...)
War fears: China bolsters military patrols as growing threat of Taiwan invasion looms
TAIWAN has reported China has been ramping up military deployments over the past week, as part of a growing trend of Beijing threatening an invasion of the island. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s TSMC to Invest $100 Billion to Retain Edge in 3-Way Chip War
Taiwan Manufacturing Co. said it will spend a whopping $100 billion to expand its chip fabrication capacity. The investment will be made in the span of next three years, the company added even as a ... ( read original story ...)
Palau hails ‘ray of light’ Taiwan travel bubble
Palau's president has declared the opening of a rare holiday travel bubble with Taiwan as a "ray of light" that shows the world is slowly emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. After making a ... ( read original story ...)
CORPORATE REPORT: Frontier Airlines hopes IPO rides wave of travel recovery
The IPO comes just as Americans are starting to fly in numbers ... with orders for 156 Airbus jets on top of the current 106-plane fleet. • Major Taiwan computer chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor ... ( read original story ...)
Green investing ‘is definitely not going to work,’ former BlackRock banker says
From his desk in midtown Manhattan, Tariq Fancy once oversaw the beginning of arguably the biggest, most ambitious effort ever to turn Wall Street “green.” Now, as environmentally friendly investing ... ( read original story ...)
One of Taiwan’s Allies Weighs Embracing China for Vaccines
Paraguay’s 63-year-old alliance with Taiwan — forged when both were run by right-wing authoritarians — means the government can’t directly buy from China’s vaccine makers that have ... ( read original story ...)