The Financial ID Briefing brings you top highlights from the ... Earlier this year, Google indicated plans to launch Android Pay in Spain, Taiwan, and Brazil. The Taiwanese launch occurred in June, leaving Brazil as the next most likely country to receive ... ( read original story ...)
Starbucks Closing Teavana Stores Across Nation
Uni-President dropped more than 1 per cent to NT$57.80 (HK$15) on the Taiwan bourse on Monday, while President Chain Store fell 3.8 per cent to NT$256 (HK$66.20). But in April, the company said it was reviewing options for the chain. The financial report ... ( read original story ...)
11 people win NT$10 million in May-June uniform invoice lottery
Taipei, Aug. 1 (CNA) Eleven people won the NT$10 million (US$331,531) special prize while another 11 won the NT$2 million grand prize in the May-June uniform invoice lottery, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. Winners can claim their prizes from Aug. 6 ... ( read original story ...)
Wisdom Marine plans share issue
Taipei-listed bulker player will issue new shares to fund new ships. Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine Lines says it plans to issue about 32 million new shares of its common stock at a price it says will be determined later. According to Reuters, 10% of the new ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan High Speed Rail : Train services in Taiwan will restart on Sunday afternoon
The Bureau warned about heavy rain in the southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County from Saturday to ... 06/15 TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL: Sugar railway extension project in southern Taiwan gets.. 06/15 TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL: Sugar railway ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Flags to be Permitted at Summer Universiade
Taipei 2017 will launch a promotional campaign to boost sales for the Closing Ceremony. Photo: Taipei 2017 Taiwan flags will be allowed at next month’s Summer Universiade in Taipei, organizers have confirmed. The host nation will welcome the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan starts storms cleanup
Financial markets and businesses opened in Taipei yesterday as the capital returned to normal. But the second- largest city of Kaohsiung, on the southern coast, remained shut with the second storm, Typhoon Hait... One person was missing in Taiwan yesterday ... ( read original story ...)
China’s military confident, prepared to safeguard sovereignty: paper
Adherence to the "1992 consensus" between Beijing and Taipei and opposition to Taiwan independence are the "political foundation of peace and development of cross-Straits relations", Chang said, according to the newspaper. The "1992 consensus" acknowledges ... ( read original story ...)
Apologizing mayors hit the circuit
The mayors of Tainan and Taipei found themselves apologizing for opposite reasons in the wake of twin storms. Tainan's mayor issued a public apology Monday for misjudging the severity of Typhoon Haitang and for announcing a very last-minute typhoon holiday. ( read original story ...)
Having trouble spending Delta SkyMiles? Try these (sort-of) secret options
Business class awards are charged at the partner rate ... Unlike United, Delta’s award rules do not favor booking through Asian hubs like Seoul and Taipei (the airline charges extra miles). Delta cranks up prices on its own flights down under, leaving ... ( read original story ...)
Tigerair Taiwan Sees Scheduled Potential In Charter Services
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Tigerair Taiwan hopes its new charter business will become a foundation for expansion in scheduled air services. Facing an extraordinary level of competition from rival budget airlines, the China Airlines subsidiary is now profitable and ... ( read original story ...)
Kaspersky Lab Hires Channel Vet to Grow Its NA Partner Community
Prior to that, he was vice president of channel sales at Effortless, and has held positions at XO Communications, T-Mobile, TW Telecom, Unitas Global and PSI Network. “Kaspersky Lab is a trusted, well-known leader in the partner community, and the ... ( read original story ...)
Anthony Scaramucci, Russia, John Kelly: Your Tuesday Briefing
The deal comes amid broad consolidation in the media and telecommunications industries ... Here’s a snapshot of global markets. • Taiwan was battered by two storms within 24 hours — Typhoon Nesat followed by Tropical Storm Haitang — leaving ... ( read original story ...)
Prominent chef transforming colonial Buxton homestead into classic smokehouse-restaurant
The seller purchased the property 11 years ago, said Saxby ... Running low on funds, he went to Taiwan, where his brother Jonathan lived in Taipei. The two opened a Mexican restaurant there. "It's one of those things where we had the market cornered ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan and China to face more flooding as Tropical Storm Haitang follows Nesat
Lives and property will be threatened as already swollen and raging ... downed by even marginally strong winds due to the oversaturated soil. Farther north, Taipei should escape Haitang's heaviest rainfall after being blasted by Nesat's powerful winds. ( read original story ...)
MediaTek says China’s non-Apple smartphone demand remains soft in Q3
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's MediaTek, the world's second largest mobile chip provider by revenue, on Monday said smartphone demand was likely to remain slow in the three months ending in September due to the lukewarm Chinese market and its own loss of market share ... ( read original story ...)