The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is covering for Singapore-based online shopping platform Shopee and ignoring blatant contraventions of the law, the Economic Democracy Union said yesterday.
Taiwan raises concern over growing domestic crisis in China
Taiwan has expressed concern that the growing domestic instability in China may prompt the communist regime to launch external aggression, especially against its island ...
UPDATE 1-Foxconn’s COVID-hit China plant close to resuming full production -sources
Foxconn's COVID-hit iPhone plant in China's Zhengzhou city is almost back to full production, with its December shipments reaching about 90% of initial plans, two people with direct knowledge of the ...
Exclusive-World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises -document
An atrium is seen at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas ...
Tax surplus to ease health, labor, energy
We will consider sharing excess tax revenue with all citizens only when it is within our fiscal capacity to do so,” Tsai said. Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and Chinese Nationalist ...
Taiwan dollar tumbles 10% against greenback
The New Taiwan dollar plunged almost 10 percent against the US dollar last year, the steepest decline in 25 years, as the greenback was bolstered by aggressive interest rate hikes by the US Federal ...
Is the Bank of Japan dropping its bazooka?
The BOJ had been purchasing increasingly large sums of 10-year bonds at the 0.25 percent level, often adding them to its balance sheet a day after the Japanese Ministry of Finance issued them. However ...
Climate change to factor into central bank planning
The central bank yesterday introduced a series of regulatory measures that respond to the predicted effects of climate change on the nation’s economy and financial system, as Taiwan seeks to achieve ...
Medigen staff out on bail in insider trading probe
Chang and 17 other people were on Thursday taken in for questioning by prosecutors after investigators conducted raids and seized documents at 16 venues, including the Medigen Biotechnology Corp ...
Taiwan Finance Minister: Excess Tax Used To Repay National Debt
Taiwan’s acting Finance Minister, Juan Ching-hua, has said that repaying this to taxpayers would be a complicated process, as excess tax is usually used to repay national debt. Like us on Facebook to ...
Taiwan central bank to incorporate climate change risks into forecasting
Taiwan's central bank said on Friday it would begin incorporating climate change risks into its modelling and forecasts for inflation and economic growth and adapt monetary policy to promote ...
Taiwan export value drops for 3rd consecutive month
Taiwan has experienced sequential export value decreases for the third consecutive month, casting a shadow over the country's economic growth outlook for next year.
Taiwan’s Tsai thanks troops after China military maneuvers
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen thanked navy and army personnel on Friday for their service defending the island, after China sent a ...
Southwest promises refunds as airline sees ‘certain’ financial impact
Southwest Airlines passengers wait in line at the baggage services office after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of th ...
TPP caucus weighs in on FTX fallout
Potentially billions of US dollars in value were lost after FTX experienced mass withdrawals following reports of financial mismanagement and a failed rescue deal, leading to a bankruptcy filing on ...
Latest US-Taiwan arms sale slammed, ‘will face mainland countermeasures’
The US announced another batch of arms sales to the island of Taiwan on Wednesday, featuring anti-tank mine-laying systems, a type of weapon that can be used to slow down potential amphibious landing ...