A senior official last week told the Financial Times that his administration was concerned ... meetings were introduced after the US switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says no progress in BioNTech vaccine talks
Taiwan complained last month that the firm had pulled out of a deal to sell it 5 million doses at the last minute, possibly due to Chinese pressure. BioNTech responded by saying it did plan on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan allows Cargill to repatriate $2 bln frozen in currency speculation case -sources
Taiwan's central bank has allowed U.S.-based commodities house Cargill Ltd to repatriate around $2 billion that had been frozen as part of an investigation into currency manipulation, four people with ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Rates AVICIL’s USD500 Million Notes Final ‘A-‘
Fitch Ratings - Taipei - 28 Mar 2021: Fitch Ratings has assigned a final ... AVICIL has an ESG Relevance Score of '4' for financial transparency, which reflects the lower transparency of its loan ... ( read original story ...)
ATP Introduces Copper Foil, Fin-Type Heatsink / Thermal Pad for NVMe M.2/U.2 SSDs with up to 3.84/8 TB Storage
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ATP Electronics, the global leader in specialized storage and memory solutions, announced the launch of its new NVMe flash storage solutions with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange revives ambitions to lure Asian IPOs
from the IPO, giving it a valuation of about $1.5 billion, based on its offering price of 1,600 yen per share. It will be the first startup from Taiwan to list in Japan since security software ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. fears China attack on Taiwan
The Biden administration has concluded that China "is flirting with the idea of seizing control of Taiwan as President Xi Jinping becomes more willing to take risks to boost his legacy," the Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street rallies on recovery hopes
The S&P 500 and Dow on Friday rose in a broad-based rally with technology, healthcare and financial stocks providing the biggest lift as investors bet on a recovery that is expected to deliver the ... ( read original story ...)
US fears China is flirting with seizing control of Taiwan
The US is concerned that China is flirting with the idea of seizing control of Taiwan as President Xi Jinping becomes more willing to take risks to boost his legacy. “China appears to be moving from a ... ( read original story ...)
Average mortality rate falls 30 percent: FSC data
The average mortality rate fell 30 percent since 2002, which could lead to cuts in premiums of traditional life insurance policies, according to the Financial Supervisory Commission’s (FSC) latest ... ( read original story ...)
Loans for housing, construction reach highest levels: FSC
Housing and construction loans rose to their highest levels at the end of last month at NT$8.1 trillion (US$283.2 billion) and NT$2.83 trillion respectively, but their rate of increase slowed after ... ( read original story ...)
China, Taiwan and India are our favorate markets in Asia: Janus Henderson
2021 CNBC LLC. All Rights Reserved. A Division of NBCUniversal Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and ... ( read original story ...)
Ten interesting things we read this week
Technology (Rise of the invisible hand in India's stock markets; Why payment companies want you to tap and pay), Leadership (Lessons from a chess master; Leading when you're not in charge), Economy ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Downgrades Avation to ‘RD’ on Debt Exchange; Then Upgrades to ‘CCC’, On Watch Negative
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Avation PLC and its subsidiaries (collec ... ( read original story ...)
Peak Fintech Group Engages MZ Group to Lead Strategic Investor Relations and Shareholder Communication Program
Peak Fintech Group Inc. (CSE: PKK) (OTCQX: PKKFF) ("Peak" or the "Company"), an innovative Fintech service provider to the Chinese commercial lending sector, has engaged international investor ... ( read original story ...)
TV Maker Vizio Falls in Debut After Downsized IPO
(Bloomberg) --Smart-TV maker Vizio Holding Corp., backed by affiliates of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, fell 9% after its downsized initial public offering. Vizio’s shares opened trading ... ( read original story ...)