Commentary:Short-term subsidization will not help LED industry in the long run Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 19 October 2012]Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs(MOEA)recently announced plans to subsidize household LED light ...
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Taipei, Oct. 19, 2012 (CENS)--In view of the shrinking trading volume of the Taiwanese stock market, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will coordinate with securities firms and securities financing companies to cut the lending ...
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Taipei,Oct.18,2012--In spite of fewer workdays in October,MediaTek Inc.,Taiwan's No.1 fabless IC company,is estimated to ship over 20 million smartphone chipsets in the month and at least 60 million sets in the fourth quarter ...
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Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...
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Taipei,Oct.18,2012--With the centralized stock market continuing to be plagued by low trading volume,growing amount of foreign capital has flown into the GreTai Securities Market(over-the-counter market),as the share of foreign holdings of ...
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Lowest solar cell price remains at US$0.35/watt in mid-October Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 17 October 2012]Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been keeping their lowest quotes at around US$0.35/watt in ...
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Taipei,Oct.18,2012--The scientific and technology task force of the Executive Yuan(the Cabinet)approved yesterday(Oct.17)the revised action program for the takeoff of the Taiwanese biotech industry,according to which the government will ...
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Taiwan LED firms report falling total September revenues Siu Han, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 15 October 2012] The total revenues of Taiwan-based LED firms in September 2012 were NT$9.27 billion (US$317 million), down by 2.28% ...
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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--Taiwan's cellphone component makers struggled in the traditional peak season as Merry Electronics Co.Ltd.'s revenues in September only reached NT$585 million(US$19.5 million),far lower than market prediction of NT$700 ...
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Taipei, Oct. 15, 2012 )--Premier Sean Chen preliminarily approved yesterday (Oct. 14) the program for Taiwanese businesses returning Taiwan for investments, which calls for the provision of several major incentives for the returning ...
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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--AU Optronics Corp.(AUO),a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display(TFT-LCD)panel in Taiwan,has replaced old photo masks to overcome problems in production of display panels for Apple`s new iPad ...
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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--According to market research organization LEDinside,Taiwan's publicly held LED makers scored total revenue of NT$9.2 billion(US$309 million at US$1:NT$30)in September,slipping 2.28%from August,due chiefly to weak market ...
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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--The implementation of the third-round quantitative easing(QE3)policy in the U.S.has prompted the mainland Chinese branches of Taiwanese banks to change their profit-making strategy,as interbank U.S.-dollar deposit ...
Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
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Trade barriers bad for solar industry:Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 12 October 2012]The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy ...
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