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Taiwan’s Economy Grows 3.51% for 2014: DGBAS

The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said on Jan. 30 that Taiwan’s economy grew 3.51% last year, slightly above the government’s earlier forecast of 3.43%. DGBAS said...

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HTC Manager Describes iPhone as ‘Boring’

Jeff Gordon, HTC’s (TPE: 2498) senior global online communications manager, described iPhone as a “boring” handset due to its lack of unique features on his tweeter on Jan. 28, despite Apple’s (NASDAQ:...

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Apple and Acer Finish 2014 With Similar Amount of Shipments: Research

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its Taiwan rival Acer (TPE: 2353) finished its fiscal year of 2014 with similar number of shipments for laptops, TrendForce said in its latest research. Last year, Apple posted...

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Local Telco Taiwan Star is Up For Grabs

More than two telecom operators, foreign and domestic, are interested in becoming the majority shareholder and the actual operator for the telecom company Taiwan Star, as the scandal-plagued food...

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Taiwanese Tycoon Tsai Eng-meng is the Richest Man in Taiwan: Hurun

The latest Hurun Global Rich List 2015 said that Want Want Group Chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明) is the richest man in Taiwan. Hurun said that Tsai owns a total asset of at least US$10 billion. The...

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Siemens Taiwan Vows to Grow ‘as Taiwan’s Economy’

Siemens AG’s (ETR: SIE) Taiwan branch said that its revenue this year will grow at a similar rate as Taiwan’s economy. “We are aiming to grow on average at least as much as the country’s GDP is...

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Inventec Ready for Mass Production in India

Inventec Corp (TPE: 2356), a mobile device maker and the major supplier for China’s Xiaomi, said that it will begin mass production at a new factory in India during the second half of 2015 as part of...

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Acer Vows for Business Expansion in 2016

Acer (TPE: 2353) said that the company is confident of its business scale in 2016 after its successful efforts to return to the profit-making direction. “I hope we can gain momentum and expand our...

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HTC Expects Shrinking Business for Q1 But a Boost for 2016, With Partnership...

HTC (TPE: 2498) said on Feb. 6 that its revenue for the first quarter could fall short of analysts’ expectations but is hoping for a business boost for 2016, after it announced its partnership with...

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HTC and Samsung Introduce Mid-Tier Smartphones to Taiwan

HTC (TPE: 2498) and Samsung (KRX: 005930) both introduced its new low-cost mid-tier smartphones to Taiwan on Feb. 9. HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, introduced the Desire 626, which is equipped...

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TSMC’s Sales Hit Record High in January

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC)(TPE: 2330) said on Feb. 10 that the total volume of its sales in January hit a record high, due to the growth of the demand for the high-end 28-nm and 20-nm...

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When China Lectures Taiwan on Innovation, Something is Wrong

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Taiwan’s economy industrialized rapidly, by the 1990s becoming a high-income mature economy with a purchasing power parity (PPP) comparable to many first world economies....

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Why Aren’t Electric Scooters Taking Off in Taiwan?

In the last few years the Asia-Pacific area has revealed itself to be fertile ground for two-wheeled electric vehicles, with almost 45 million units sold by 2012 and and an expected 50% increase by...

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Asus’ Balls of Steel vs. Apple’s Golden MacBook and Watch

When it comes to marketing proneness, Taiwanese (and other Far Eastern) vendors often were afraid of their own shadow, not to interfere with lucrative OEM deals that western vendors utilized to the...

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Acer on Road To Recovery

Taiwan’s Acer (TPE: 2353) reported its 2014 fiscal year earnings Wednesday, after the markets closed in Taipei and the company reported its first slim profit in three years. The company reported...

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How Can Taiwan Manufacturers Reduce Their Dependence on Apple?

On March 23 Pegatron (TPE: 4938) reported its yearly earnings which were double-digit gains over last year. Pegatron, which shared responsibility for assembling the iPhone 6 with Hon Hai Precision...

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US F-18s Make Emergency Landing in Taiwan

Two United States Navy F-18s made an emergency landing in Tainan, a city in south Taiwan, Wednesday afternoon after declaring an in-flight emergency due to a mechanical issue. The two aircraft...

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Computex 2015 Kicks Off Monday June 1, 2015 in Taipei

Taiwan’s annual IT tradeshow event, Computex, begins tomorrow in Taipei. While the Consumer Electronics Show is focused on consumer electronics, and that increasingly means mobile, Computex is rooted...

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Asus Brings Wearables, Tablets to Computex 2015

Asus (TPE: 2357) kicked off Computex 2015 in Taipei Monday with a bunch of new announcements expanding its ZenWatch and ZenFone lineup. The first product announced was an update to Asus’ Apple...

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Computex 2015: Intel Goes for The SSD jugular

One of bright dots in the otherwise boring Computex 2015 landscape was a small Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) storage event focused on their next generation SSDs. As Intel brought the 750 SSD series, with its...

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