Foreign Baseball Players in Taiwan Hit Sweet Spot

He began his career in Taiwan with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in 2015 ... leagues from younger players even as they have started families and face rising financial strains. Japan and Korea are generally first and second choice destinations for ... ( read original story ...)

Tech Shares May Lift Taiwan Stock Market

while the financials were mixed. For the day, the index gained ended up 24.58 points or 0.24 percent to finish at the daily high of 10,461.28 after trading as low as 10,406.81 on turnover of 81.47 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Thai police arrest Chinese and Taiwanese in telephone scam

The suspects made calls over the internet in which they claimed to be banking officials and accused their targets of financial crimes ... is where the suspects are deported to. Although Taiwan maintains that it is independent, Taiwanese suspects have ... ( read original story ...)

The tax haven you’ve probably never heard of

“The prominence of Taiwan is driven by Taiwanese technological companies ... Singapore and Switzerland. Read: How Finance’s tax proposals will squeeze biz owners And where’s Panama, origin of the notorious Panama Papers? The algorithms determined ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Shares May Open Under Pressure

For the day, the index fell 62.66 points or 0.60 percent to finish at 10,436.70 after trading between 10,428.47 and 10,477.72 on turnover of 84.21 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial fell 0.20 percent, while Fubon Financial lost 0 ... ( read original story ...)

Razer Files for IPO in Hong Kong to Raise $600 Million

This week Razer has made a preliminary filing for IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ... particularly in countries like China and Taiwan. Another potential area for growth is gaming PCs. In 2016, the company generated 76.2% ($298.8 million) of its ... ( read original story ...)

Workato snags $10 mln Series A

Storm was the first or early investor in Airespace (Cisco), Cellfire (Catalina), Com2uS (KOSDAQ IPO), Adobe Sign (Adobe), Kidaro (Microsoft), iML (Taiwan IPO/Exar), Marketo (IPO/Vista), Metacloud (Cisco), Sandforce (LSI) and Sierra Monolithics (Semtech). ( read original story ...)

Netmarble’s acquisition shopping list

"Before the IPO, we had been focusing on building our fundamental capability ... The game is already a hit in South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and Netmarble plans to launch it in Japan this quarter and bring it to China later this year or early next. ( read original story ...)

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Garena Files Privately in New Avatar

It is already available in seven markets throughout Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Taiwan. In May 2017 ... Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for the IPO. Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups ... ( read original story ...)

UPDATE 1-Foxconn unit FIT Hon Teng jumps in Hong Kong debut

That compares with its HK$2.70 IPO price and its marketed range of HK$2.38 to HK$3.08 per share. FIT Hon Teng said it chose to list in Hong Kong as it was a vibrant international market. It is a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract ... ( read original story ...)