Contributor ReportsInsurers try novel distribution models
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Thu Nov 26 13:55:49 -0800 2009 | business-news
Gerhard Joubert, CEO (north, east and west), at Shriram Life Insurance. Max New York Life Insurance has tied up with stem-cell bank LifeCell, which preserves the umbilical cord of a child during birth to treat any disease that may affect...
Share prices close flat on local course
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Sat Nov 28 21:10:17 -0800 2009 | business-news
Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Taiwan's share prices ended flat Monday in the absence of positive news, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, rising 4.18 points, or 0.05 percent, to close at 7,687.15. The local bourse opened at 7,694.90...
Taiwan Flat-Panel Deal Puts Pressure on AU Optronics
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Mon Nov 30 09:02:22 -0800 2009 | business-news
A recent deal in Taiwan's flat-panel sector could force the island's dominant maker, AU Optronics Corp., into a more aggressive strategy in the liquid-crystal-display market. Consolidation in the LCD industry has been long overdue, as many manufacturers in Asia have...
Executive Yuan approves budget for 'i-Taiwan 12' projects
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Thu Nov 26 04:17:26 -0800 2009 | 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...
Taiwan aims to become Asia's leading aquarium fish exporter
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Wed Nov 25 00:37:10 -0800 2009 | business-news
Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) Taiwan is expected to set up an aquarium fish R&D and export center in 2011, with the goal of replacing Singapore as the leading aquarium fish exporter in Asia, a Council of Agriculture (COA) official said...
Taiwan economy shrinks at slower pace in 3Q
Source: Associated Press
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Thu Nov 26 02:27:34 -0800 2009 | business-news
Taiwan's economy contracted at a slower pace year-on-year in the third quarter and the government raised its growth forecast for 2010 as rising demand from mainland China spurs a recovery. The island's gross domestic product shrank a smaller-than-forecast 1.3 percent...
Taiwan shares close up 0.54 percent
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Wed Nov 25 16:55:05 -0800 2009 | business-news
Taiwan share prices closed up 0.54 percent yesterday led by flat-panel stocks on growing demand and a positive outlook for the liquid crystal display industry next year, dealers said. The weighted index rose 41.75 points to 7,756.31 on turnover of...
Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan
Source: The Age
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Fri Nov 27 09:25:05 -0800 2009 | business-news
The chip is implanted directly into the sufferer's back but draws electricity from a power source in his or her cellphone, said Lin Chi-wan, a biomedical engineer at National Taiwan University. This marks a departure from existing spinal cord stimulators,...
Taipei housing prices on the rise, but will the upswing persist?
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Thu Nov 26 00:28:53 -0800 2009 | business-news
Kayo CNA staff writer Taipei's volatile real estate market has been thriving recently after a few quarters in the doldrums, but recent proposals to raise various property-related taxes and complaints by city residents that housing is too expensive have led...
Taiwan to cut tax on LPG hybrid car
Source: Taiwan News
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated Thu Nov 26 01:43:29 -0800 2009 | business-news
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan is planning to reduce the commodity tax on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered hybrid cars to encourage consumers to buy the less polluting vehicles, with the Executive Yuan passing a draft amendment Thursday as the first...
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