The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) has organized a delegation of more than 70 Taiwan buyers to visit the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest annual consumer technology show in the world.

Members of the Billiards Club of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages have been chosen to serve as volunteers at the World Games in Kaohsiung, according to a statement issued by the World Games committee Thursday.

Millions staged midnight parties at iconic landmarks around the world to ring in 2008, but bomb attacks and security fears quickly darkened New Year festivities.

More than a million revelers in Times Square cheered as the giant crystal ball made its 100th drop and a ton of confetti rained down on the urban canyon, ushering in the new year.

Volkswagen will keep on developing new technologies that are in compliance with environmental requirements and customer demands, a managing director of Volkswagen Singapore said yesterday, while he officiated at the opening ceremony of the Volkswagen’s booth at the 2008 Taipei International Auto Show.

Volkswagen is holding the Asian premiere of the new Tiguan at the 2008 Taipei international Auto Show, which opened yesterday at Taipei World Trade Center, Exhibition Hall I. Taiwan’s top car exhibition will run until Jan. 7, 2008.

It is well-known that Volkswagen (VW) packs its cars with the newest technologies and premium features aiming at ensuring the best driving experience.

The Feb. 1 launch of bullet train service which has shortened travel time between Taiwan’s two largest cities —Taipei in the north and Kaohsiungin the south —to one-and-a-half hours has been selected as the top domestic news event of 2007.

Here are the main stories which made the headlines in 2007:

Few people knew at the start of 2007 the meaning of “subprime” real estate loans or how they might affect the U.S. and global economies.