Thursday, May 17, 2012
The benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index provider yesterday announced it has lowered Taiwan's weighting in two of its key indexes as part of a half-yearly review.
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China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react.
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![]() | Greece's president spoke of "fear that could develop into panic" at the country's banks in the weeks before fresh elections that could precipitate Athens' exit from the eurozone.
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![]() | Taiwanese pitcher Wei-Yin Chen maintained his strong early season form and improved his record to 4-0 in leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees and the previously undefeated C.C. Sabathia on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Premier Sean Chen yesterday appointed Vice Premier Jiang Yi-huah to head a special task force to help monitor stock trading and shore up investors' confidence in the local stock market that has been pounded by the world economic slowdown and domestic uncertainties.
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![]() | New French President Francois Hollande called for a European pact for growth to balance out German-driven austerity measures in his inaugural address on Tuesday, hours before taking his challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
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The Agency Against Corruption (AAC, 廉政署) yesterday launched investigations into the Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower, 台灣電力公司), questioning five people including Nuclear Engineering Department Deputy Director Lin Chun-lung (林俊隆) as part of a corruption probe concerning the Forth Nuclear Power Plant. > National , 1 Comment |
Europe dodged a bullet Tuesday after the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro narrowly avoided a recession in the first quarter of the year despite a raging debt crisis that's raising the specter of the breakup of the currency union.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Leading European Union finance officials promised to stand by Greece as a member of the eurozone provided it sticks to its bailout terms and stays the course of its painful austerity program to prevent even worse economic hardship. > Europe |












