Thanks to upturn in exports and investment, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised upward on Nov. 23 its forecast of Taiwan’s economic growth this year to 1.13%, confirming that the growth rate ...
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The offshore banking units (OBU) and overseas branches have become an increasingly important source of profits for Taiwanese banks, due to expanded loans and higher interest spread. Thanks to spike in U.S.-dollar loans for mainland Chinese ...
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Taiwan’s China Steel Precision Materials (CSPM) under the CSC Group will supply 1.5 tonnes of titanium 64 alloy wire products for Apple’s iPhone5, valued at NT$2.5 million (US$8.33 million) per tonne, 140 times that of typical ...
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Genius Electrical Optical Co., Ltd.’s consolidated revenue hit all-time high of NT$1.2 billion (US$42 million at US$1:NT$29) in October, rising 30.7% from a month earlier and 87.58% year on year. Industry executives ascribed the ...
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Taiwan’s HTC Corp. sold 2.8 million smartphones in mainland China in the third quarter of 2012, nearly double the amount it sold a quarter earlier in the mainland, according to market consulting firm Canalys, Meanwhile, the sale ...
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Taiwan may be able to establish RQFII (renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor) mechanism, similar to Hong Kong, thereby facilitating the flowing back of renminbi to mainland China, which is critical for Taiwan to develop into a ...
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Giga Solar Materials Corp. will add production lines at its photovoltaic conductive-paste plant in the Southern Taiwan Science Park to cope with booming orders from solar-energy equipment manufacturers. Industry executives pointed out ...
The central government-level “task force for augmenting the efficacy of the operation of public funds” resolved yesterday (Nov. 21) requiring the labor pension fund and the labor insurance fund not to clear the positions for ...
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Switzerland - Schertler, the Swiss manufacturer of contact microphones and acoustic amplification systems, continues to grow its international distributor network with recent appointments in seven territories. Five new distributors have ...
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Clinical research organization PRA has opened a second office in China to house its continued expansion in China and the Asia Pacific region. The new Beijing facility is expected to enhance PRA local project teams' ability in meeting the ...
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Shanghai General Motors, a joint venture of US carmaker General Motors (GM) and Shanghai Automotive Industry (SAIC) Motor, has unveiled the first China-built Sail Springo electric vehicle (EV) at the ongoing Auto Guangzhou 2012 event in ...
Following up on the huge success at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition held in June 2012, Tridonic presents its new LED products at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2012 (Autumn Edition). The LED portfolio enables ...
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Ford Motor, Mazda Motor and their Chinese partner Chongqing Changan Automobile will invest an additional $37.3m in their engine plant venture in Chongqing. The move follows increase in Ford's October 2012 sales in China to 48%, compared ...
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Highlands Pacific has announced that the USD 1.5 billion Ramu Nickel Cobalt Mine has recently completed loading its maiden shipment of mixed nickel cobalt hydroxide intermediate product from the Basamuk process plant in Papua New Guinea. ...
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) —Since showing its first set of hydraulic road disc brakes on Colnago’s C59 road bike at this year’s Taipei Cycle show, Formula has been fielding a nearly endless stream of inquiries from potential ...
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