Friday, November 20, 2009
Taiwan-based fabless chip vendor MediaTek Inc. announced Friday that it had reached a deal with U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. under which the two companies will allow each other to utilize technology covered by their respective patent portfolios. |
Ten customers of China Airlines (CAL) will get their air tickets at a price of only 10 percent of the regular price after Taiwan's largest air carrier yesterday said it will honor the deals despite mispricing on its Web site. |
Vice President Vincent Siew said yesterday that the biotech and medical care industries will play a critical role in Taiwan's economic development. |
The government will adopt a policy of increasing supply of apartments on the market rather than using financial or other measures to stem the continuing rise in housing prices. |
Taiwan's economics ministry denied a newspaper report that it rejected an application submitted by a group led by Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy the local unit of American International Group Inc. |
China Strategic Holdings Ltd. aims to maintain long-term control of Taiwan's Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. after buying it from American International Group Inc., Chief Executive Officer Raymond Or said. |
The government is going to ease restrictions for Taiwan screen panel makers to invest in China as long as they keep their focus on the island, a local newspaper yesterday quoted Premier Wu Den-yih as saying. |
Taiwan has seen a decline in speculative capital from overseas, central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan said, more than a week after the island's financial regulator banned foreigners from placing funds in time deposits. |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will hold four trade fairs in China in 2010 to promote Taiwanese name brand products, Huang Wen-rong, deputy secretary of TAITRA, said Thursday. |





