Taiwan rules steel makers hurt by products from six countries

Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) The Ministry of Economic Affairs has ruled that steel products imported from China, South Korea and four other countries have caused "substantive damage" to the local steel industry and will ask the Ministry of Finance to decide ... ( read original story ...)

iPhone assembler Foxconn may invest $7B in US display plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and other electronics is considering investing $7 billion in a U.S. factory to produce display panels that would create as many as 50,000 jobs. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou discussed the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Accelerator Invests In 8 Startups

Beginning on February 2, Taiwan Accelerator will provide the 8 selected startups with comprehensive courses on professional entrepreneurial mentorship, finance, legal, media relations, integrated marketing, branding, investor relations, pitch deck ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's Foxconn chief confirms mulling $7 bn US investment

The head of Taiwan's tech giant Foxconn confirmed Sunday he is considering a $7 billion investment to make flat panels in the United States in a joint project with Japan's SoftBank. US President Donald Trump had announced before taking office a $50 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's IPO funds drop 30% in 2016

While the number of companies that listed their shares for the first time on the Taiwanese market rose slightly to 60 last year, from 58 in 2015, funds raised from initial public offerings (IPOs) dropped more than 30% annually. According to Pricewaterhouse ... ( read original story ...)

DocuSign hires new CEO, in latest sign it's headed for an IPO

Springer led Responsys through an IPO in 2011 and Oracle’s $1.5 billion acquisition ... contracts and most other documents in regions such as China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. A partnership with Japanese stationery provider Shachihata announced in late ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysian restaurant chain PappaRich mulls Singapore IPO: Report

The chain now has 106 outlets around the world, including locations in the United States, Taiwan and New Zealand. PappaRich Malaysia aims to conduct the offering as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported. If it does list, PappaRich would be following the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan envoy hails US ties after Trump inauguration

The leader of a Taiwanese delegation that defied Chinese anger to attend US President Donald Trump's inauguration said Friday that US-Taiwan ties were at a "historic high." Former premier Yu Shyi-kun, who headed the Taiwanese government between 2002 and ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan stocks rebound; techs up

The electronics subindex rose 0.3 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.1 percent. Among the most actively traded, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's top contract chip maker, jumped 0.3 percent. Flat-panel maker AU Optronics added ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan tells Beijing to grow up over Trump ceremony row

A former premier will lead Taipei's delegation as foreign dignitaries from around the world descend on the US capital for the president-elect's swearing in. But Beijing has asked the US to bar the self-ruling island it sees as a renegade province and part ... ( read original story ...)