Taipei Business News

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) The Executive Yuan approved Thursday a NT$3.99 trillion (US$122.8 billion) budget for the i-Taiwan 12 projects, which involve carrying out major infrastructure construction to boost economic growth and create jobs. Thursday, NT$2.79 trillion of the budget...

U.S. and Chinese Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao announced Tuesday a package of measures designed to strengthen U.S.-Chinese cooperation on clean energy. Hu said the two countries' corresponding officials signed agreements to enhance "cooperation on climate change, energy and...

Hong Kong-based Primus Financial Holdings is buying Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Taiwan’s second-largest life insurer, from American International Group for US$2.15 billion (NT$69.3 billion), the companies announced Tuesday. Primus denied it had any links to China, saying it...

Expandable memory with pre-installed 8 GB microSD card • Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3.5 mm headset connectivity • Integrated GPS and a digital compass with a sensor that enables the phone to know what direction it is facing Verizon Droid Smartphone...

A 55-year-old Middlesex County woman’s death, announced today by state officials, was linked to H1N1. The woman had multiple underlying health conditions, according to the state Department of Public Health. If a third of people wind up catching swine flu,...

Taiwan has urged China not to boycott its second city after it hosted the Dalai Lama and screened a film about an activist accused by Beijing of inciting unrest, a report said Sunday. The vice-chairman of Taiwan's quasi-official Straits Exchange...