Tag: financials

Taiwan's GlobalWafers, the world's third-largest maker of semiconductor wafers, confirmed Monday it is in advanced talks to acquire German rival Siltronic AG in a deal worth an estimated $4.5 billion. ( read original story ...)

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)-backed Ant Group is unlikely to be able to hold its suspended initial public offering before 2022, Bloomberg reported Sunday. What ... ( read original story ...)

As Hong Kong battles a new wave of COVID-19 infections with yet another round of social restrictions, a sense of fatigue with the confusing and inconsistent nature of the territory’s pandemic response ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan and the US plan to fund infrastructure projects in developing markets in response to China’s growing influence. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan raised its forecast for growth this year as stronger-than-expected international demand for technology products shielded the economy from the global slowdown fueled by Covid-19. ( read original story ...)

Taipei | An informal US-led alliance to provide an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative will provide greater transparency to countries seeking funding to develop their infrastructure, ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei: Taiwan and the US are moving ahead with a plan to finance infrastructure and energy projects in Asia and Latin America as a way to provide an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative. ( read original story ...)

An informal U.S.-led alliance to provide an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative will provide greater transparency to countries seeking funding to develop their infrastructure, Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)

WA Kaolin (ASX:WAK) made a strong debut on the ASX market Thursday with its share price rising 25 per cent after raising $22m in an oversubscribed IPO. ( read original story ...)

If Hong Kong ends up being just another Chinese megacity it will lose its role as a leading financial center. Alexander Görlach looks at whether Taiwan or Singapore could serve as alternatives. ( read original story ...)

The French Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said it has sent out notices to big tech companies liable for its digital service tax to pay the levy as planned next month. Paris suspended collection of ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc, said a person with knowledge of the plan, as the U.S. firm diversifies production to minimise the ... ( read original story ...)

Huadi International Group, which manufactures steel pipe and tube products in China, announced terms for its US IPO on Wednesday. The Wenzhou, China-based company plans to raise $25 million by ... ( read original story ...)

The central bank might soon take action to rein in property price hikes and stabilize the financial system, as flush liquidity, hot money inflows and capital repatriation have pushed money supply ... ( read original story ...)

Two days before Ant filed for its IPO in August, 12 activists fleeing Hong Kong by boat for Taiwan were captured by China’s coast guard and taken to prison on the mainland. On a day in early November, ... ( read original story ...)