With heavy rainfall lashing the country, President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday canceled an event to mark the five-year anniversary of his inauguration in order to monitor disaster-prevention efforts.

The revised stock gains tax was approved in a preliminary vote in the Legislative Yuan yesterday, and is expected to be passed after a third reading next Friday at the earliest.

Shares in Taiwan underwent a moderate price correction Monday, dealers said, with the main weighted index closing marginally higher.

th Taiwan's 4G LTE spectrum sale set to open in September, a draft outline for the country's WiMAX wireless service operators has been confirmed for release in June, Minister Without Portfolio Simon Chang (張善政) said yesterday.

The production value of Taiwan's auto industry is expected to rebound in the second quarter, driven by the launch of new models and more promotional campaigns, according to a local research center.

An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million in compensation after leaking photos of the Samsung Galaxy S III before its release last year.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's “Girl in a Lace Hat” and “Young Woman Bathing” were unveiled yesterday in Taipei in preparation for the upcoming Renoir and Painters of the Twentieth Century exhibition.

Local and foreign heavyweights from the information and communications technology (ICT) industry are expected to give lectures at the annual Computex Taipei, Asia's largest computer trade show, according to the organizers.

Taiwan's HTC Corp. yesterday launched a new version of its flagship HTC One smartphone specifically for the Japanese market, in cooperation with a major mobile telecommunications carrier there.

Fubon Financial (富邦金控) yesterday announced its first-quarter results, with assets experiencing year-on-year growth of 10.4 percent.