Financial ID Briefing: The Terrible Fear of Banking Fraud

The Financial ID Briefing brings you top highlights from the ... Earlier this year, Google indicated plans to launch Android Pay in Spain, Taiwan, and Brazil. The Taiwanese launch occurred in June, leaving Brazil as the next most likely country to receive ... ( read original story ...)

Starbucks Closing Teavana Stores Across Nation

Uni-President dropped more than 1 per cent to NT$57.80 (HK$15) on the Taiwan bourse on Monday, while President Chain Store fell 3.8 per cent to NT$256 (HK$66.20). But in April, the company said it was reviewing options for the chain. The financial report ... ( read original story ...)

11 people win NT$10 million in May-June uniform invoice lottery

Taipei, Aug. 1 (CNA) Eleven people won the NT$10 million (US$331,531) special prize while another 11 won the NT$2 million grand prize in the May-June uniform invoice lottery, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. Winners can claim their prizes from Aug. 6 ... ( read original story ...)

Wisdom Marine plans share issue

Taipei-listed bulker player will issue new shares to fund new ships. Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine Lines says it plans to issue about 32 million new shares of its common stock at a price it says will be determined later. According to Reuters, 10% of the new ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn deals requires Wisconsin to act soon on tax breaks

But many questions remain, including the type of jobs the Taiwan-based electronics giant will offer and ... including the closure of a General Motors plant after the 2008 financial crisis. Foxconn has not said what type of jobs it will offer in order ... ( read original story ...)

Asia’s Rally Has More Than FAANGs

Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ... followed by equally expensive healthcare stocks, in Asia it's financial institutions, which are trading at an undemanding 13 times ... ( read original story ...)

Starbucks to shutter all Teavana stores as sales disappoint

Starbucks plans to shutter all its Teavana stores as it seeks to improve its financial performanceAP | July 28 ... It said it will sell its 50 percent stake in its Taiwan joint venture so that the stores there are run by local operators. ( read original story ...)

Deadly lack of action on hepatitis in Asia, experts say

For example, Japan and Taiwan are extending the scope of their screening programs ... and about a lack of investment in case analyses to help inform policy and financial decisionmaking. A recent WHO report on UHC investments did not include hepatitis ... ( read original story ...)

Philippines Morning News For July 28

THE Department of Finance (DOF) targets to incur a total of $1.8 billion ... will stay strong and climb 30 percent over the next 3 years, Minister James Chu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office said Thursday. The local government of Davao City ... ( read original story ...)