TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan reported a year-on-year increase in its May export orders for the 10th consecutive month, at a time when global demand remained strong, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. In May, the country's export orders rose ... ( read original story ...)
Travelers Say EVA’s Business Amenities Best, Cabins Cleanest
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20, 2017 /CNW/ -- EVA Air is continuing its winning ways by taking the top spot in two categories of SKYTRAX's annual World Airline Awards, Best Business Class Comfort Amenities and Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness. SKYTRAX has also ... ( read original story ...)
A Taipei showcase for LGBTQ-themed Asian art that’s timely after Taiwan court’s historic approval of same-sex marriage
Taipei’s Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) is pressing ahead with the first major survey of LGBTQ-themed art in Asia this September, a timely acknowledgment of the diversity of Chinese-speaking artists following a Taiwanese court’s historic ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Pegatron expands smartphone capacity for 2H
TAIPEI -- Key iPhone assembler Pegatron on Tuesday said it was gearing up for higher smartphone production in the second half of 2017, as it sees stronger demand than last year. "We are preparing and planning for more capacity this year than the past year ... ( read original story ...)
Infortrend Technology : New Infortrend Drive-side Enhancements Resolve System Bottlenecks and Double Capacity Expansion
New Taipei City, Taiwan, 6 June, 2017 - Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495) today announced the latest drive-side enhancements to its storage solutions including the support for 12G/s SAS interface on EonStor DS 3000U and an optional expansion board ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan May export orders beat forecast as China, U.S. demand jump
TAIPEI Taiwan's May export orders blew past expectations as the island's factories rushed to meet demand for components, such as for Apple Inc's upcoming iPhone 8, in a promising sign for global technology manufacturers. The trade-dependent economy has ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan central bank to hold fire on rates as tech boom bolsters economy
TAIPEI Taiwan's central bank is expected to leave its policy rate unchanged for the fourth straight quarter this week, as demand for the island's tech exports keeps its economic engines firing. The government has raised Taiwan's GDP outlook for 2017 to a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan: Cross-border opportunities amid global change: A tale of two trade agreements, Trump and Taiwan
For Taiwan, these new developments are relevant in two key respects ... in the RCEP covering state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the digital economy, intellectual property, investment, regulatory due process, transparency, labor and the environment. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan slams UN after students barred from Geneva visit
Taiwan fiercely criticised the United Nations Friday after its students were barred from visiting a public hearing in Geneva as Beijing seeks to further isolate the island internationally. It comes after Taiwan was excluded from a major World Health ... ( read original story ...)
Chess-playing robot takes center stage in Taiwan tech fair
The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen ... interact with its opponent,” said division director Lewis Liu of the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, which built the robot. Enabled by an ... ( read original story ...)
Swisscom Starts Deployment of BBF Certified Metanoia Gfast Solution
HSINSHU, Taipei--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Metanoia Communications Inc. (Metanoia), a leading developer of very high-speed xDSL and Gfast PHY chipsets for the wireline broadband market, announced the successful completion of two important milestones today in its ... ( read original story ...)
Tour helps build KK-Taipei rapport
She also chairs Perwakilan Taipei which consists of lady officers and wives of ... and International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International), Taiwan-Taoyuan Club (or BPW International, Taiwan-Taoyuan Club) which share the same ... ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE – Expanding Taiwan’s digital economy through the government’s 8-year DIGI+ Plan
The Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector has always been Taiwan’s source of pride. Over the last four decades, Taiwan has been highly regarded as a vital player and major procurement centre for global ICT companies and buyers. Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Lays Plans for $59 Billion in Renewable-Energy Finance
New energy, meet new finance. That’s the thinking of Taiwan’s government, which is starting to map out funding plans for a power system that can no longer rely on nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Lin Chuan’s administration aims to increase the share ... ( read original story ...)
SinoPac Holdings chairman detained on breach of trust charges
to make illegal loans to finance the deal. This was a classic example of "investing in real estate with one's left hand and making illegal loans with the right hand," according to Huang. Taipei District Prosecutors Office investigators launched a raid of ... ( read original story ...)
Hiring outlook unchanged in Q3; demand in financial sector heavy
Taipei, June 17 (CNA) Taiwan's hiring outlook for the third quarter remains unchanged from a quarter earlier, with demand for people expected to be strongest in the financial and real estate sectors, according to U.S.-based human resources firm ManpowerGroup. ( read original story ...)