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Thursday 22 November 2012
Taiwan raises concerns over unfair competition from China companies
Industrial cooperation between Taiwan and China could be jeopardized if China-based companies continue to engage in unfair competition, including the stealing of business secrets...
Friday 28 September 2012
Taiwan market: Improvements in exports, financial market to boost growth momentum, says CEPD
Although Taiwan's economy remains in a slowdown, a pick-up in export sales and improvements made in the financial and private consumption sectors in September 2012 will help boost...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Taiwan to not hike minimum monthly wages in 2013
Taiwan's labor minister Wang Ju-hsuan has offered his resignation after the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) decided to postpone a plan proposed by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to raise...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Taiwan economy looks to bottom out, says think tank
There are signs indicating that Taiwan's economy may bottom out soon amid an easing of global economic uncertainty, as the sentiment in its manufacturing sector has improved and the...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Taiwan opposition parties initiate no-confidence vote against premier
Taiwan's opposition parties, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), on September 18 jointly initiated a motion calling for a no-confidence vote...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Commentary: Taiwan economic revival program lacks substance
Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has announced a five-point program aiming to invigorate its flagging economy. Prior to the announcement, all segments of society were expecting the...
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Asustek, Pegatron see growth in June revenues
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$36.02 billion (US$1.2 billion) for June, a new record high with growths of 26.83% on month and 27.46% on year, while the company's revenues...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12
Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Intel to host supply chain symposium focusing on ultrabooks
Intel plans to host what it call the Intel Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in two locations, one in Taiwan on July 31 and one in China on August 2, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Advantech maintains goal of challenging US$1 billion revenues for 2012
Although the IT market had been seriously affected by global economic turmoil, as the situation began turning positive in May, industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech will maintain its...
Thursday 15 March 2012
Asustek, Inventec push into cloud computing business
Asustek Computer has been aggressive about cloud computing and is set to launch its private cloud service for the National Taiwan University (NTU) in March, while Inventec, seeing...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Intel to postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors
Intel recently notified its partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Despite that the company will still announce the new products and...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Asustek expected to suffer 20% on-quarter decline in 1Q12 revenues
Asustek Computer is expected to see on-quarter revenues drop of 20% in the first quarter of 2012 with the amount drop to only NT$80 billion (US$2.67 billion) from about NT$100 billion...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Taiwan market: Handset shipments to grow only 5% on year in 2012
Handset sales, including both smartphone and feature phones, in the Taiwan market are expected to only grow slightly by 5% on year in 2012 due to the uncertainty over macro economic...
Thursday 5 January 2012
2012 Olympic Games to not stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs, say sources
The holding of the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London may not be able to stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs due to a slow recovery of the global economy, especially in Europe,...