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A Taiwan bus taking elderly local tourists home from visiting seasonal cherry blossoms careered off a highway Monday night leaving 32 dead, in the island's worst road accident in decades. It comes after a bus inferno in July last year killed 25 Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taipei Financial Center Corp., owner of Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan, on Thursday inked a deal on cooperation with Lotte World Seoul Sky, the tallest building in South Korea. Under the agreement signed by Taipei 101 chairman ... ( read original story ...)

But that silver lining didn't prevent the stock from slipping below its IPO price of $32.84 ... News continues growing -- especially in its four "key countries" of Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia. Line stated that its combined MAUs in those four ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: TSM) has been on the stock market since its IPO date on the 10/9/1997. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is in the Semiconductor – Integrated Circuits industry and Technology sector. ( read original story ...)

Most countries have chosen Beijing, but many continue to maintain economic ties to Taipei. Washington cut formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979 when it switched recognition to Beijing. Since then, it has followed a "One China policy" -- different ... ( read original story ...)

Protesting Uber drivers circled Taiwan's transport ministry Friday as the ride-hailing app halted operations on the island following an impasse with the government which deems the service illegal. The US firm announced last week that it would suspend ... ( read original story ...)

158 Dunhua North Road, Songshan District $$$$ W Taipei Rated best business hotel in Taipei by Finance- Asia, among scores of other accolades, this 405-room property in the Central Business District overlooks Taipei 101 and boasts big WOW views. 10 ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (dpa-AFX) - Taiwan's export growth decelerated in January, figures from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Exports growth halved to 7 percent year-on-year in January from December's 14 percent. This was also slower than the expected 8 percent. ( read original story ...)

Rick Wang, an official with Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), said each brokerage had received an email setting a deadline for the transfer of funds to avoid a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Such attacks, among the most common ... ( read original story ...)

The island’s currency added 0.5 percent to 30.90 per dollar at 9:33 a.m. in Taipei, while the Taiex climbed 0.6 percent, poised for its highest close since June 2015. Among the fund’s top holdings, Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd. manufactures ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI Feb 6 Taiwan stocks and currency rose on Monday following gains on Wall Street and regional bourses, with financial firms such as Cathay Financial Holding leading the gainers. As of 0226 GMT, the main TAIEX index rose 0.6 percent to 9,514.77 ... ( read original story ...)

MUMBAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) - An assembly plant that Apple's Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron Corp is setting up in Bengaluru will focus solely on assembling iPhones, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The source, who asked not to be ... ( read original story ...)

SANXIA, Taiwan (Reuters) - The winner of Taiwan's "holy pig" ceremony on Thursday defended the lunar new year tradition against critics who argue the fattened animals are raised under cruel conditions. (Photo essay at http://reut.rs/2kl4b9s) The ceremony ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Feb 3 Taiwan stocks were mostly flat on Friday after early gains were eroded when regional and China markets fell after Beijing unexpectedly hiked short-term rates. China's central bank surprised financial markets by raising short-term interest ... ( read original story ...)

Hua Nan Financial Holdings, a major state-run firm with units in banking, brokerage and insurance, says: * Sees net profit this year rising to at least T$16 billion ($512.8 million) versus T$14 billion in 2016 amid Taiwan's mild economic growth * New ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose on Thursday after the Lunar New Year ... The electronics subindex rose 0.4 percent, while the financials subindex lost 0.4 percent. Hon Hai Precision was up 0.6 percent, after rallying as much as 2.4 percent ... ( read original story ...)