Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Wang makes 1st appearance at Nationals camp
Taiwan HeadlinesTaiwan-native right-hander Wang Chien-ming joined the Washington Nationals spring training camp in Florida on Monday morning, marking his first appearance with the team since it signed the former Yank...
Kuo, Hu look forward to upcoming games
Taiwan HeadlinesTwo Taiwan-native members of the Los Angeles Dodgers, lefty Kuo Hong-chih and infielder Hu Chin-lung, both expressed their excitement on Monday night over the upcoming games against Chinese Profession...
Taiwan bracing for cold wave
Taiwan HeadlinesTemperatures would fall to 6°C late yesterday and early today in Northern Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau predicted.The South would also see minimums falling to around 10 degrees, forecasters said...
CEPD chief favors partial credit controls to curb housing fever
Taiwan HeadlinesThe chairman of the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Wednesday that he favors tightening credit controls conditionally to curb soaring housing prices, but added ...
Sony to ship 20-25 million LCD TVs in 2010, says Sony Taiwan
DigitimesSony aims to ship 20-25 million LCD TVs in 2010 worldwide of which six million will be LED-backlit models, and 3D LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 10% of its total shipments in 2010, according t...
Taiwan-based passive component makers report double-digit decline in February 2010
DigitimesTaiwan-based passive component suppliers Yageo, Cyntec and Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics all have reported more than 10% revenues declines for February 2010.
Ericsson to expand purchases of 3.5G, LTE and IPTV products in Taiwan, says paper
DigitimesEricsson plans to expand its purchases from Taiwan to include CPE products supporting HSPA and LTE standards as well as IPTV products in addition to current 2G and 3G products, the Chinese-language
Taiwan market: Canon aims at 15% growth in 2010 sales revenues
DigitimesCanon hit record sales revenues of nearly NT$4 billion (US$122 million) in the Taiwan market in 2009, rising over 35% from 2008, and expects 2010 sales revenues to increase by 15% from 2009, according...
Financial regulator to demand transparency in house prices
The China PostTAIPEI, Taiwan -- The chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said Wednesday that his agency plans to ask banks to improve the transparency of information disclosed relating to real est...
Kuo may start Dodgers' third exhibition game in Taiwan
The China PostTAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Kuo Hong-chih may start the third of three exhibition games the Los Angeles Dodgers will play in Taiwan after scheduled starter Charlie Haeger was injured in an exhibition g...
CEPD chief favors partial credit controls to curb housing fever
The China PostTAIPEI, Taiwan -- The chairman of the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Wednesday that he favors tightening credit controls conditionally to curb soaring housing ...
Buy Taiwanese Stocks With China Ties, Champion Says
Business WeekMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should buy shares of Taiwanese companies that benefit most from the island’s closer ties with China, according to the manager of Taiwan’s best- performing...
Kuo may start Dodgers' third exhibition game in Taiwan
Taiwan HeadlinesTaiwan's Kuo Hong-chih may start the third of three exhibition games the Los Angeles Dodgers will play in Taiwan after scheduled starter Charlie Haeger was injured in an exhibition game, a report post...
Taiwan shares open higher
Taiwan HeadlinesThe Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened higher Monday than its previous close, moving up 75.54 points at 7,741.80 on a turnover of NT$3.46 billion (US$108.13 million). The weighted price index g...
Taiwan activists demand investigation into dismissed Tamco chairman
Taiwan News OnlineTAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Prosecutors should investigate dismissed Taiwan Asset Management Corporation Chairman Chen Sung-chu for embezzlement and breach of trust, activists close to the opposition Dem...
Taiwan Justice Minister threatens to resign rather than approve executions
Taiwan News OnlineTAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said Wednesday she’d rather resign than have one prisoner executed during her term in office. Wang came under fire from lawmakers for releas...
U.S. dollar down on Taipei FOREX
Taiwan News OnlineTaipei, March 10 (CNA) The U.S. dollar lost ground against the New Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Wednesday, dropping NT$0.003 to close at NT$31.847. A total of US$959 million changed ha...
Financial regulator to demand transparency in house prices
Taiwan News OnlineTaipei, March 10 (CNA) The chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said Wednesday that his agency plans to ask banks to improve the transparency of information disclosed relating to rea...
Taiwan shares close slightly higher
Taiwan News OnlineTaipei, March 10 (CNA) Taiwan's share prices closed slightly higher Wednesday with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, edging up 8.49 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 7,779.08. The loca...
CEPD chief favors partial credit controls to curb housing fever
Taiwan News OnlineTaipei, March 10 (CNA) The chairman of the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Wednesday that he favors tightening credit controls conditionally to curb soaring hou...
Health minister to brief president on health insurance reform plan
Taiwan News OnlineTaipei, March 10 (CNA) Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yaung Chih-liang said Wednesday that he will brief President Ma Ying-jeou on a national health insurance premium reform plan March 17. Yaung,...
Financial regulator to demand transparency in house prices
Taiwan HeadlinesTaipei, March 10 (CNA) The chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said Wednesday that his agency plans to ask banks to improve the transparency of information disclosed relating to rea...
U.S. dollar down on Taipei FOREX
Taiwan Headlines> Taipei, March 10 (CNA) The U.S. dollar lost ground against the New Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Wednesday, dropping NT$0.003 to close at NT$31.847. A total of US$959 million changed ...
Local elections to be synchronized from 2014: MOI
Taiwan HeadlinesSeven kinds of local elections will be synchronized from 2014 so that they are held on the same day, to reduce social costs and the frequency of elections, Minister of the Interior Jiang Yi-huah said ...
Health minister to brief president on health insurance reform plan
Taiwan HeadlinesDepartment of Health (DOH) Minister Yaung Chih-liang said Wednesday that he will brief President Ma Ying-jeou on a national health insurance premium reform plan March 17. Yaung, who announced his surp...
No abnormality in Jiaxian quake aftershocks: Seismology Center
Taiwan HeadlinesNo abnormality has been detected in a series of aftershocks following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the Jiasian area in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung County March 4, a seismologist said Wednesd...
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