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EM ASIA FX-Taiwan dollar won lead Asia FX gains Bernanke in focus
* Taiwan dlr up on foreign investors, exporters; c.bank caps * Won up on offshore funds, exporters; intervention suspected * Baht firm on inflows, short-covering; rate cut views limit (Adds text, updates prices) By Jongwoo Cheon SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - The Taiwan dollar and the South Korean won led gains among emerging Asian currencies on Tuesday, as investors ...
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Heavy rain alert around Taiwan
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) All parts of Taiwan are likely to see heavy rainfall Tuesday as a stationary weather front continues to affect the country, the Central Weather Bureau said. The bureau predicted that more than 130 millimeters of rain will fall in parts of northern, central, southern and northeastern Taiwan and the outlying Penghu Islands on Tuesday, and could reach up to 200 mm in ...
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Weak export orders unlikely to spur interest rate move bank
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan's central bank will likely leave interest rates unchanged at its next quarterly policymaking meeting in June despite weak global demand for Taiwan-made ...
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Shares of Largan higher on earnings outlook but gains capped
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Shares of Largan Precision Co. continued to move higher Tuesday amid ongoing speculation that the company has secured orders from non-Apple Inc. buyers, such as Samsung Electronics Co., dealers said. The stock has scored significant gains in recent sessions to approach the NT$1,000 ...
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Taiwan networkingcommunication device makers see decreasing profit-to-RD spending ratio
Seven main Taiwan-based networking/communication device makers saw the average ratio of pre-tax profit to R&D expenditure continually decline from 0.87 for 2010 to 0.45 for first-quarter 2013, their financial reports have ...
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Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 960 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$1.558 billion in January-April 2013. The number of projects increased 34.08% on year but the value decreased ...
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Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month year says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.69 billion in total in April 2013, decreasing by 0.4% on month and by 1.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on May ...
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Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
China-based Lenovo jumped into the world's 10 largest smartphone vendors for the first quarter and has set an ambitious goal of shipping 60 million smartphones in fiscal year 2013 (April 2013-March 2014), which is expected to benefit Lenovo's existing Taiwan-based ODMs and EMS providers Compal Communications, Foxconn International Holdings, Wistron NeWeb and Qisda, according to ...
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Digitimes Research Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22 in 1Q13
Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses for the first quarter of 2013 grew 21.6% from a year ago to NT$20.18 billion (US$673.8 million) in value, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments for small-size panel applications, such as smartphones, continued to register strong ...
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Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Taiwan-based panel makers are continuing to see increased orders from China-based TV vendors for Ultra HD TV panels as the makers' pricing for the technology is continuing to ...
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Taiwanese researchers take aim at environmental issues
TAIPEI--Taiwan's bulwark research centers are aiming to move the island nation up the supply chain from manufacturing to innovation by fostering cooperative industry/academic efforts to commercialize home-grown microelectronics, here aiming to solving environmental issues such as eliminating the negative environmental impact of rare-earth strip-mining and solving the mystery of disappearing ...
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Only inspection of Taiwanese fishing boat lacking in NBI probe—Aquino
President Benigno Aquino III AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday that the National Bureau of Investigation's probe into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard earlier this month was complete except for the examination of the fishing boat in Taiwan. ';I talked to Secretary Leila de Lima. She said the investigation ...
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Taiwanese fishing boat detained by Japan
Japan ese coast guard near Ishigaki Island early Tuesday for intruding into the country's territorial waters, a local fishermen's organization said. The 37.07-ton "Jui Ming Fa" from Liouciou Township in Pingtung County was caught operating in waters 41 nautical miles east of Ishigaki, according to the Liouciou Fishermen's Association. The location was 17 nautical miles ...
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Taiwan expects to host World Medical Association meet in 2016
Geneva, May 20 (CNA) Taiwan is expected to host a World Medical Association (WMA) conference in 2016 for the first time, Taiwan's top health official said Monday. Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta said that the WMA has tentatively decided to stage the 2016 conference in Taiwan, although the matter still needs to be confirmed in a meeting in October. Chiu, who is in Geneva to attend the 66th World ...
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Anger in Taiwan spurs tough stance
For the first time in his life, says New Taipei City deputy mayor Lee Shu-chuan, he can finally "feel the existence of the government", thanks to its tough stance against the Philippines in the spat over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. "Honestly, this is the first time I can feel the government's existence," said Lee, who is from the same Xiaoliuqiu island ...
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US concerned over Philippines killing of Taiwanese fisherman
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the increasing tensions between the Philippines and China's Taiwan following last week's fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard. At a news briefing, the State Department's acting deputy spokesman Patric Ventrell also urged the two sides to take "all ...
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Taiwan engineer could pay US$13m for Samsung phone leak
An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million (US$13.32 million) in compensation after leaking photos of the Samsung Galaxy S III before its release last year. According to ...
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Manila Taipei agree on cooperative probe
The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday agreed on a cooperative investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino Coast Guards, which had led to fresh cross-channel tensions and harassment of Filipino workers in Taiwan. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters that the cooperation, agreed on during a meeting between National Bureau of Investigation officials and ...
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Taiwan hoping for cooperation
Taiwan hopes that a "cooperative investigation" into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will push through, considering that a similar undertaking was conducted between the two countries seven years ago and that a mutual legal assistance agreement was signed by Manila and Taipei last ...
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Taiwan Fishing Crew Hid to Escape Hail of Philippine Bullets
Taiwan fishing boat captain Hung Yu-chi says he was at the helm in quiet seas on the last morning of a six-day trip when he noticed a black dot on the horizon. Through binoculars, Yu-chi, 39, could see figures in orange on another boat, the color worn by both Taiwanese and Philippine officers as they patrol fishing waters claimed by each government. As the craft drew near, Yu-chi heard ...
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Taiwan Jones making the transition to cornerback
Raiders next season, it will be on the defensive side of the ball. After spending the first two years of his career as a running back, Jones is making the transition to cornerback ...
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Different versions of letter of apology show insincerity—Taiwan representative
Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin, right, talks with Philippine trade office representative in Taiwan Antonio Basilio after his return from the Philippines with the government’s apology for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman last week by a member of the Philippine Coast Guard during an early morning press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. Taiwan's ...
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EPA set to conduct second nationwide illegal hotel probe
TAIPEI, Taiwan --The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday said that it will conduct a second round of nationwide inspections for illegally operating ...
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MOFA cant confirm Philippine team to come
TAIPEI--Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) chief David Lin said yesterday that he was not aware that a team from the Philippines will arrive in Taiwan Tuesday to investigate an attack by a Philippine government vessel on a Taiwanese fishing ...
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Mayor of Philippine city Davao apologizes over killing of fisherman
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The mayor of Philippine city Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, called Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (???) yesterday afternoon and apologized to the Taiwanese people over the killing of a ...
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Port of Taipei will greatly benefit the city
With the economic growth and development of Taiwan and its capital Taipei have come vast infrastructure challenges, not least of which is the ever-increasing demand for goods and services, which must be imported, requiring larger ports and in greater numbers.
Taiwan is a country that has experienced remarkable growth over the last several centuries since it broke away from the mainland politically and began operating as an independent country. The national capital, Taipei, has been at the centre of this growth, developing the country’s first mass transit system and spearheading economic development throughout the country. Read more
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