The 120 megawatt (MW) expansion to Taiwan’s first-ever offshore wind farm, Formosa 1, has reached financial close this week thanks to the completion of a NT$18.7 billion ($626 million) project financing deal by a consortium of eleven international and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market May Find Traction On Tuesday
First Financial picked up 0.24 percent, Chunghwa Telecom dipped 0.45 percent, China Steel tumbled 1.23 percent, Taiwan Steel Union declined 0.43 percent and AU Optronics and CTBC Financial were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street suggests slim upside as ... ( read original story ...)
FII widens gap in market value with parent Hon Hai after Shanghai IPO
Wellington Koo (顧立雄), chairman of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), told ... a move that he said could erode the parent company's operations. FII's IPO in Shanghai has caught attention from the market as the China Securities Regulatory ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Tourism Bureau to end “unlicensed rentals” with hundreds of tour operators supporting supreme accommodation
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan Tourism Bureau held a press conference to promote legal accommodation and end "unlicensed rentals" on June 12 in the main hall of the Taipei Main Station where visitors from Taiwan and overseas gather. ( read original story ...)
US-China: Why Taiwan is back on the agenda
Instead the five-member delegation — visiting on the same day that Mr Kim was in the Chinese capital — received an earbashing from Chinese officials seething over Taiwan. The meetings came just weeks after the Senate had passed, and Mr Trump had signed ... ( read original story ...)
5G Taipei Summit: 5 big takeaways for the enterprise
With the publication of the 5G NR standard, the sense of urgency to begin deployment was the driving message at the fifth 5G Taipei Summit, held in early June as part of Computex 2018. While the name implies the summit focuses exclusively on Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
COMPUTEX 2018 Ends with Great Success
TAIPEI, Taiwan — COMPUTEX 2018, organized by TAITRA, Taiwan External Trade Development Council and TCA, Taipei Computer Association, concluded in great success today, as the five-day event attracted 42,284 international visitors from 168 countries, up ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Financial shares resilient on January-May profit growth
Taipei, June 8 (CNA) Shares in Cathay Financial Holding Co., one of Taiwan's leading financial firms, remained resilient despite a plunge on the broader market Friday as investors took their cue from the impressive growth in net profit at the company in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to cooperate with EU on 5G
Taiwan had agreed with the EU to finance the “Europe 2020 Strategy,” with an agreement to cooperate on the “European Framework Programme 9” focused on future research and innovation, according to the Liberty Times. Last Monday, Taiwan reached a ... ( read original story ...)
Formosa 1 off Taiwan reaches financial close for entire JV
Orsted in April had already taken its own financial investment decision for the 120MW second phase of the pilot array Orsted in April had already taken its own financial investment decision for the 120MW second phase of the pilot array International ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan urges courage, defiance of China’s “bullying” over web references
TAIPEI, June 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan hopes countries around the world can show courage in the face of pressure from China on their companies to list the self-ruled island as part of China on their websites, Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Foxconn looks for its next act but faces risks as it diversifies
TAIPEI/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that rose to global prominence as the manufacturer of the Apple iPhone, is trying to reinvent itself as smartphone sales plateau and Apple Inc diversifies its supplier base ... ( read original story ...)
White House presses US airlines to resist Beijing over Taiwan
But Doug Parker, its chief executive, last week told the Financial Times that the Taiwan issue was “between countries”. “The United States has replied to the Chinese government and as a result we are following the direction of the US government ... ( read original story ...)
AMD Explodes as Processor Presentation in Taiwan Impresses
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) were up 5% Wednesday, June 6, following the company's presentation at the Computex conference in Taiwan on Tuesday night ... segments of the S&P 500 do well, such as financials, health care and transports ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn imagines life beyond Apple but faces major risks as it diversifies
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that rose to global prominence as the manufacturer of the Apple iPhone, is trying to reinvent itself as smartphone sales plateau and Apple Inc diversifies its supplier base. The company, which ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft brings intelligent cloud, intelligent edge vision to life at Computex Taipei
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Wednesday at Computex Taipei, Microsoft Corp. underscored its commitment to the partner ecosystem and announced new programs and a new category of intelligent devices, designed to take advantage of a digitally ... ( read original story ...)