Taiwan's Far Eastern Group is looking at mergers and acquisitions ... adding that companies broadly need to evolve as technology advances, he said. With over 200 companies under its fold, Far Eastern Group's total assets are valued at $75.8 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Extreme Durability with Innodisk’s new Anti-Sulfuration DRAM
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Innodisk ... Innodisk's durable DRAM modules are a perfect fit for, among other, in-vehicle, telecommunications, energy, marine- and aerospace markets. The modules are available as ECC DIMM in both DDR3 ... ( read original story ...)
Filsyn’s property lures SM, PLDT, two others
Filsyn said it wanted the development of the Sta. Rosa property to be patterned after Taipei’s Far Easter Telecom Park which primarily caters to all IT-related businesses in information and communication technology, digital content, cloud computing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to invest over NT$1 billion annually in AI
Taipei, Sept. 25 (CNA) Taiwan intends to invest over NT$1 billion (US$33.1 billion) annually in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and related talent, Science and Technology Minister Chen Liang-gee (陳良基) said on Monday. Speaking at a ... ( read original story ...)
Cross-strait journalism youth camp set to kick off
Taipei, Sept. 25 (CNA) The first class of the 2017 Citizen ... so that students can understand how to use technology that is readily available to the average person to create news output. The four-day camp will have three different cohorts, each with ... ( read original story ...)
ASIA MARKETS: Nikkei Asia300 Index Declines As Chinese Real-Estate Stocks Slump
iPhone assemblers Hon Hai Precision Industry slipped 2.8% and Pegatron Corp. dropped 4.4% in Taipei. Also in Taiwan, the smartphone's casing supplier Catcher Technology slumped 4.5. In Hong Kong, maker of iPhone cameras Cowell e Holdings dropped 9% and AAC ... ( read original story ...)
taipei: citizenm hotel opening
citizenm has made its hotly anticipated foray into the far east, opening a towering property on the doorstep of ximendeng, a bustling area of taipei known for its appealing nightlife and shopping infrastructure. called citizenm taipei north gate – it's ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Property Developers Drag Hang Seng Index Lower
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was dragged down 1% today, with Chinese property developer stocks among the worst ... dependent on Apple for almost 50% of its revenue, slipped 6.5%. Taiwan's benchmark Taiex, home to many Apple supply chain stocks, was 1.09% ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares dive in morning session; HTC extends gains
Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC Corp. (宏達電), however ... Under the deal, Google will obtain a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property, while some 2,000 HTC engineers will go to work for the U.S. company. Through HTC's ODM services ... ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Asian tech, property shares take emerging stocks to 2-wk low
Falls were led by bourses in Asia, where heavyweight Hong Kong tumbled 1.3 percent and Chinese mainland stocks fell 0.5 percent led by property firms after some cities imposed new housing curbs on the overheated market. Taiwan's index tumbled more than 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore crowned best city of the future
Second place in the Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future overall was Tokyo, whose success is attributed to job creation in the telecommunications industry ... Tokyo came in third. Overall, Taipei was ranked sixth, ahead of Beijing, Sydney, Osaka and Kuala ... ( read original story ...)
Why the US may lose the war for influence in the Pacific to China
Why risk Los Angeles for Seoul or Taipei? I'd like to think White is too pessimistic ... Australia's scandal of the year concerns two Chinese-born property developers, both allegedly connected to the Chinese Communist Party, who funnelled more than ... ( read original story ...)
Gogoro Announces USD 300 Million Series C Investment Round To Drive New Expansion, Research And Development
24, 2017 : Gogoro, a technology leader transforming how innovation is bridging ... Gogoro launched Smartscooter EV and Gogoro Energy Network in 2015 in Taipei and rolled it out across Taiwan with strong momentum and success. "It is great to see new ... ( read original story ...)
2017 USC Global Conference draws to a close in Tokyo
I have long believed that science and technology are mainly the means to an end — but ... Subsequent conferences were held in Shanghai; Seoul, South Korea; Hong Kong; and Taipei, Taiwan. Cesar Jimenez Jr. has help — from his wife, a service dog ... ( read original story ...)
Week In Review: Zai Lab Completes $150 Million U.S. IPO; Investors Push Valuation To $1.4 Billion
Using Infervision technology, a doctor's time-per-scan could be reduced from ten minutes to five seconds, the company said. Qiming Venture Partners led the B round, joined by Sequoia Capital China and Genesis Capital. XW Laboratories of Wuhan and Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Highlights of World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei
Models demonstrate high-tech gym clothes at the 21st World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 11, 2017. The four-day event started on Sunday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi) ( read original story ...)