Joe Biden, in his first conversation as president with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, spoke of his concern about China’s “coercive and unfair economic practices” as well as human rights abuses in the ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan Fund With 100% One-Year Gain Focuses on Asia Tech IPOs
A JP Morgan Asset Management fund that has more than doubled in the past year is making the booming initial public offering market for Asia’s technology companies its top investment priority in 2021. ( read original story ...)
Japanese skills marketplace Coconala files for IPO valued at over $207M
Coconala See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Coconala, the startup behind an online platform under the same name where you can buy and sell knowledge, skills and, ... ( read original story ...)
ICP DAS Biomedical Polymers Announces To Offer Taiwan High-Quality Medical TPU
ICP DAS- Biomedical Polymers ("ICP DAS-BMP") is a medical TPU supplier in Taiwan. Today, the company officially announced that it begins to offer its medical thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to the ... ( read original story ...)
S Korea’s unemployment at 21-year high, 1m jobs lost
South Korea’s jobless rate surged to its highest in more than two decades, raising concern that an export-driven recovery could be masking a harsher scarring of the economy. The unemployment rate ... ( read original story ...)
International banks barred from Taiwan currency market after controversial grain trades
Taiwan’s central bank has taken enforcement action against six banks, including Deutsche Bank, ING and ANZ, for letting commodity traders route transactions through Taiwan to speculate on local ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC to set up wholly owned subsidiary in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) board of directors has approved a plan to invest up to ¥18.6 billion (US$177.7 million) to set up a fully owned subsidiary in Japan to expand its 3D ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic still a threat, Lagarde says
President Christine Lagarde on Monday said that a winter surge in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of mutated variants of the novel coronavirus pose a “significant downside risk” to the economy, ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC to raise $9 billion for expansion, open Japan subsidiary
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Tuesday it would raise nearly $9 billion from the debt markets to help fund expansion and spend around $178 million to open a Japanese material ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC to raise US$9 billion for expansion, open Japan subsidiary
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Tuesday it would raise nearly US$9 billion from the debt markets to help fund expansion ... ( read original story ...)
Eight-Second Videos In China Generated A $12 Bln Return For DCM Last Week. What’s The Silicon Valley VC Eyeing Next?
That same interest in human connections two and a half decades later helped spur Lin, by then the co-founder of the China arm of Silicon Valley venture firm DCM, to invest $15 million for a 19% stake ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Son hails ‘golden eggs’ as Vision Fund rallies
SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son boasted of delivering "golden eggs" on Monday, after his company's Vision Fund unit rebounded from a loss to record an 844 billion yen ($8 billion) ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan January export value hits record for second time straight, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$34.27 billion for January 2021, hitting monthly record for the second consecutive time and growing 3.9% on month and 36.8% on year, while the total import ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan exports rocket to record high, outlook rosy
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports rose in January for the seventh consecutive month, with the unexpectedly strong pace setting a new record as its manufacturers benefited from consumers staying at home during ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s exports hit record-high US$34.3 billion in January on 5G, holiday demand
The surge in exports is fuelled by rising demand for semiconductors and by companies rushing to get components ahead of the Lunar New Year. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank posts third-quarter profit gain as Vision Fund rallies
SoftBank has recorded a third-quarter profit at its Vision Fund, as it gained from investments in Uber and other companies. ( read original story ...)