With economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic easing, Taiwanese are about as financially resilient as Britons, Americans and people in other major economies in terms of keeping savings, meeting ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: Finance sector faces rough waters
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, Xi says
Chinese and Taiwanese printed flags are seen in this illustration taken, April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration ... ( read original story ...)
President Xi pledges to build ‘modern socialist’ China, talks ‘reunification’ with Taiwan
President Xi Jinping pledged to build a "modern socialist" China by 2049 and discussed "reunification" with Taiwan as well as the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in a speech Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Trust China? Taiwan isn’t about to stick its head in the tiger’s mouth
The electrifying entrepreneur is urging Taiwan to do just that — to stick its head between the jaws of an insatiable man-eater and trust in its reputation for honesty and fair play. LOL. In an ... ( read original story ...)
China says it reserves right to use force over Taiwan
China reserves the right to use force over Taiwan as a last resort in compelling circumstances, though peaceful reunification is its first choice, a Communist Party spokesman said on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
UK’s Truss fires finance minister
The chancellor of the exchequer was dismissed in person by Truss after he rushed back early from international meetings in Washington, multiple media reports said, and she was due later to hold her ... ( read original story ...)
Mobileye IPO: Should You Buy?
Intel proposed spinning off Mobileye last year, and just filed the paperwork for an IPO. Mobileye has been growing sales at a 36% CAGR over the last five years. The IPO market for tech stocks has been ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semi rallies as exposure to China restrictions minimal, capital spending cut
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. injected some much needed optimism into the chip sector Thursday, after the third-party silicon-wafer fabricator reported results and an outlook that indicated ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s how Taiwan sidestepped a $688 billion problem that was similar to the trouble engulfing U.K. pension funds
That translates to some $688 billion, a majority of which JPMorgan believes is invested in long end of U.S. high grade market. He said Taiwan regulators this week allowed local insurers to reclassify ... ( read original story ...)
What chip bust? A Japanese semiconductor firm IPO jumps almost 15% in its trading debut
Shares in semiconductor firm Socionext surged 14.6% in their debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, defying both a drought in initial public offerings and a rapidly deflating chip market. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan government warns that «the island will not be the only victim» of a blockade by China
Taiwan’s Finance Minister Wang Mei Hua warned Thursday that a Chinese blockade of the island would hurt other nations in the region, including Beijing, he told Bloomberg. «Taiwan would not […] ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan banks’ bad loans dropped to $1.86b
NPL ratio remained at 0.16%. Taiwan’s 39 banks’ non-performing loans (NPLs) totalled $1.86b in August, a decrease of $5.2m from the previous month according to the latest statistics by the Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Senators seek billions more in military aid for Taiwan
Senators are looking to shore up Taiwan’s defenses amid heightened tensions with China, and are poised to green-light billions more in military aid to the island to make it happen. Defense policy ... ( read original story ...)
Mega Financial mulling second capital increase
State-run Mega Financial Holding Co (兆豐金控) is reportedly planning a second capital increase for its non-life insurance arm, Chung Kuo Insurance Co (兆豐產險), as losses from claims linked to COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Tax revenue increases 21% on corporate income tax
Corporate income tax revenue swelled 55 percent to NT$163.4 billion last month, as companies generally reported an improvement in business, although the nation’s exports faltered, the ministry said. ( read original story ...)