Tag: financials

“The financial services sector is also a pillar industry of Hong ... a Taiwanese legal team assigned by suspect Chan Tong-kai would discuss arrangements with Taipei authorities over his return.Chan ... ( read original story ...)

On the first week of our renamed newsletter, Mike Pompeo will visit Japan amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump's health. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are still on the National Day and ... ( read original story ...)

As the coronavirus rages on elsewhere, Taiwan is set to go ahead with its LGBT+ Pride parade in what organisers believe will likely be the largest queer event held in 2020. Now in its 18th year, the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is facing its worst cross-strait military crisis in over two decades, with the People’s Liberation Army sending dozens of warplanes into the island’s air defence identification zone in the past ... ( read original story ...)

Young people with autism now have a cool place to hang in Taipei City. Chess Taipei is a nightclub that hosts evening events for its clientele with autism. For one of the parties in September, guests ... ( read original story ...)

First-year premiums (FYPs) generated by the nation’s life insurers continued falling in August, plunging 40 percent annually to NT$47.7 billion (US$1.64 billion), due to new rules restricting firms ... ( read original story ...)

Agreement will focus on infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia and Latin America to ‘help secure supply chains of the future’, US’s de facto embassy in Taipei says. ( read original story ...)

However, it is thought the US Treasury Department would join forces with Taiwan’s Finance Ministry to work on investment. China has previously warned the US away from any official dealings with Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

The de facto US embassy in Taipei said the new plan would support “quality infrastructure in emerging markets”, while Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said it dovetailed ... ( read original story ...)

Industrial PC (IPC) is expected more than just a computer for general data processing. Faced with the increasing workload at the edge, end devices are required to be smart, automated and ... ( read original story ...)

This southwestern Japan city, which has raised its profile as an Asian tourist destination in recent years, has kicked off an effort to compete with Tokyo as an alternative financial hub to Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

“Taiwan’s domestic travel began to rebound in May, and it exploded in late June. We saw sales from domestic travel in Taiwan grow five times from the same period of last year in July and August.” With ... ( read original story ...)

With lockdowns around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the travel industry especially hard. In Asia, however, several startups are adapting by focusing on domestic activities (or "staycations" ... ( read original story ...)

The drop in lending by Taiwanese banks is driven by concerns over the pandemic’s economic impact on China, as well as lenders generally, not just those in Taiwan, turning increasingly cautious over ... ( read original story ...)

Big Hit Entertainment, the management label of hugely popular South Korean K-pop group BTS, yesterday priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top of its range, as hopeful buyers chased South ... ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump paid just US$750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, a report in the () said. Trump, who has fiercely guarded his ... ( read original story ...)