Nokia has signed MoU agreements with a number of telecom operators in Taiwan calling for collaborating efforts to accelerate their 5G deployments while further enhancing related 4G applications, according to Michael Shieh, vice president of Nokia Greater ... ( read original story ...)
Back to basics: Taiwan’s industrial chic
Ginger Chang of the Taiwan Design Centre, which promotes local designers and brands, said the industrial look featuring cement, brass, aluminum and granite is increasingly popular as an interior design trend on the island. “The public like fresh things ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Germany’s EnBW expands to Taiwan in renewable expansion push
* EnBW to spend 5 bln eur on renewables by 2025 (Adds details on partnership, Taiwan offshore market) FRANKFURT, Feb 12 (Reuters) - German utility EnBW on Monday said it took stakes in three offshore wind projects in Taiwan with a volume of about 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn to use proceeds from unit’s Shanghai IPO to fund $4 billion projects
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics ... China International Capital Corporation is the sponsor and lead underwriter for the IPO. FII made a net profit of 16.2 billion yuan in 2017, according to the filing ... ( read original story ...)
Memorial Service Honors 17 Taiwan Quake Victims
HUALIEN, Taiwan — A memorial service is being held for the 17 people who died after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan's east coast last week. The magistrate of worst-hit Hualien county spoke at Monday's noon ceremony at a local funeral parlor. Members of ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn shareholders approve plan to list unit in Shanghai
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, said on Wednesday its shareholders had approved a plan to list its subsidiary, Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd (FII), on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. ( read original story ...)
JHL Biotech’s Final Trading Day on Taipei Exchange
HSINCHU, Taiwan and WUHAN, China, Feb. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- JHL Biotech, Inc. (TPEx: 6540) announces that today, Monday, February 12, 2018, is the final day for trading of JHL shares on the Emerging Stock Market of the Taipei Exchange ("TPEx"). ( read original story ...)
OFWS in Taiwan raising funds for quake casualty
TUGUEGARAO CITY — Displaying the “bayanihan” (mutual assistance) spirit, a group of overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan had started to raise funds ... but also from customers of her online retail business. “They said they have started to pool ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan quake: Search ends as toll rises to 17
Rescuers today ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as the last trapped pair were presumed dead, bringing the final death toll to 17. Thousands of emergency workers had combed through rubble at the foot of ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Review: W Taipei – Unbeatable Views of Taipei 101
There are hotels that are cool without even trying really hard and W Taipei in the city’s Xinyi District is a fine example. Even as Taipei is experiencing a boom in hotel construction in recent years, this property dating from 2011 is still as iconic as ... ( read original story ...)
2 Canadian citizens among the dead in Taiwan earthquake
Hopes of finding additional survivors from this week's earthquake in Taiwan were fading Friday after two more bodies were found in a partially collapsed hotel and no signs detected of a missing family of five. Rescuers broke through to a room in the Beauty ... ( read original story ...)
Property market flashes ‘blue light’ in January: survey
Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) The local property market flashed a 'blue light' in January, pointing to contraction with an index gauging the state of the market falling from the previous month, according to a survey conducted by the real estate magazine My Housing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 14 Dead
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Search and rescue workers found the bodies of two people believed to be members of a Chinese family trapped in a partially collapsed hotel in Taiwan on Saturday, bringing the death toll from this week's earthquake to 14. Taiwan's Central ... ( read original story ...)
Evans Chamberlain Asset Management reports on stock market’s worst crash since 2008
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 9, 2018- Evans Chamberlain Asset Management has recently reported on the latest week of volatility and sell-offs in the U.S. and global stocks giving an insight to why there's really never a single explanation the markets ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian couple pulled from partially collapsed building in Taiwan: reports
HUALIEN, Taiwan -- Hopes of finding additional survivors from this week's earthquake in Taiwan were fading Friday after two more bodies were found in a partially collapsed hotel and no signs detected of a missing family of five. Rescuers broke through to a ... ( read original story ...)
(Taiwan quake) State says no thanks for China aid offers
in the wake of a magnitude 6 earthquake which struck Hualien County in eastern Taiwan late Tuesday, causing loss of life and serious property damage. Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang said Taiwan has sufficient rescue personnel and supplies at its ... ( read original story ...)