Taipei, Nov. 16, 2012 (CENS)--Vanguard International Semiconductor Inc.’s (VIS’s) sales revenue for October hit 12-year high of NT$1.8 billion (US$62 million at US$1:NT$29) mostly thanks to surged foundry contracts from ...
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Taipei, Nov. 19, 2012 (CENS)--The offshore banking units (OBUs) and overseas branches of domestic banks are expected to contribute over 30% of domestic banks’ profits this year, a new high in the wake of the global financial tsunami. ...
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Taipei, Nov. 19, 2012 (CENS)--Creditor banks plan to hold talks early next month to discuss bailout-extension application recently submitted by the financially struggling PowerChip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC) to the Ministry of Economic ...
Taipei, Nov. 19, 2012 (CENS)--HIWIN Technologies Corp. Chairman Eric Chuo forecast the company’s sales will post an explosive growth in the third quarter of 2013 year after beginning to climb up in the third quarter of 2012. Chuo ...
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Taipei, Nov.19, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan-based NB contract maker Quanta Computer Inc. had profits in the first three quarters of NT$17.562 billion (US$585.4 million), with NT$4.58 (US$0.153) in EPS (earnings per share), leading the top five ...
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Taipei, Nov. 20, 2012 (CENS)--To jointly tap the high-potential new-energy vehicle market in China, Shanghai Ruihua Group of China and Taiwan’s Formosa Lithium Iron Oxide Corp. (FLIC and formerly Formosa Energy & Material Technology ...
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Taipei, Nov. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Thanks to upturn in orders from the U.S. and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Taiwan’s exports orders rose, for the second straight month, 3.2% year-on-year to US$38.38 billion in October, ...
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Taipei, Nov. 21, 2012 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel in Taiwan, recently won the Thomson Reuters Taiwan Innovation Awards 2012. The Award is organized by the ...
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According to International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), output of global yarn production rose in the Q2/2012 in comparison to the previous one due to higher output in Asia, Europe and South America while production in North ...
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Taipei,Nov.12,2012(CENS)--Due to the effect of the levy of securities transaction gains tax,many major local investors have switched their investments to the Hong Kong bourse,leading to reduction of their share in the trading of Taiwanese ...
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Taipei, Oct.24, 2012 (CENS)--Acer Inc. recently issued an unexpectedly dismal financial report for the third quarter, with consolidated revenue dropping 5.6% quarter on quarter (QoQ) to NT$104.4 billion (US$3.48 billion) and earnings per ...
Taipei, Oct. 29, 2012 (CENS)--Countering high fuel prices, China Airlines, Taiwan's flag carrier, will renew its fleet by decommissioning at least 30 passenger planes including 10 long-term planes and 20 short-term planes, with total ...
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Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Nanya Technology Corp. scored consolidated revenue of NT$2.2 billion (US$77.3 million at US$1:NT$29) in October and its affiliated Inotera Memories Inc. had NT$2.9 billion (US$102 million), surging 20.4%and 5.7% ...
Tags: Nanya Technology Corp., dynamic random access memory, DRAM production
Taipei, Oct. 30, 2012 (CENS)--Last month both Kinko Optical Co., Ltd. and Calin Technology Co., Ltd. saw revenues hit record highs. Kinko's consolidated revenue for September surged 9.6% from a month earlier, to NT$748 million (US$24.9 ...
Tags: cameras, single-lens camera, Canon, Calin
Taipei, Oct.30, 2012 (CENS)--Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp., a major synthetic fiber manufacturer in Taiwan, will invest NT$12 billion (US$400 million) within three years to build a plant in CTSP (Central Taiwan Science Park), which will ...
Tags: LCD backlight modules, synthetic fiber, solar module substrates