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WEBTaipei is today suspending its US$2.5 trillion stock market as Super Typhoon Krathon approaches Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain.The nation is not conducting securities, currency or fixed-income trading, statements from its stock and currency exchanges said.
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WEBTwo detained in Core Pacific City scandal. Former Dingyue Development Corp (鼎越開發) president Chu Yea-hu (朱亞虎) has admitted paying bribes in connection to the Core Pacific City case, the Taipei District Court said, which granted prosecutors’ request late on Saturday night to have him detained and held incommunicado for suspected ...
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WEBNearly 30 percent of migrant workers in Taiwan have been targeted by financial fraud, with each person losing an average of NT$7,995, a survey released on Thursday by Taipei Fubon Bank and non-governmental organization One-Forty showed.The survey was conducted in June and July among migrant workers.
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WEBAuthorities across a wide swath of the southeastern US yesterday faced the daunting task of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful to hit the country, as the death toll continued to rise. At least 43 deaths were reported by late on Friday, and officials feared still more bodies.
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WEBPROTECTIONISM: China hopes to help domestic chipmakers gain more market share while preparing local tech companies for the possibility of more US sanctions. Beijing is stepping up pressure on Chinese companies to buy locally produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips instead of Nvidia Corp products, part of the nation’s effort to expand its ...
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WEBTwo detained in Core Pacific City scandal. Former Dingyue Development Corp (鼎越開發) president Chu Yea-hu (朱亞虎) has admitted paying bribes in connection to the Core Pacific City case, the Taipei District Court said, which granted prosecutors’ request late on Saturday night to have him detained and held incommunicado for suspected ...
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WEBA newly formed 50-member government-supported Taiwanese drone supply chain alliance targeting overseas business opportunities held an official launch ceremony in Taichung on Monday.At the ceremony, Hu Kai-hung (胡開宏), the alliance’s head and chairman of Taichung-based Aerospace Industrial Development.
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WEBEDITORIAL: Taiwan a living hell for pedestrians. A traffic accident in Taichung — a city bus on Sept. 22 hit two Tunghai University students on a pedestrian crossing, killing one and injuring the other — has once again brought up the issue of Taiwan being a “living hell for pedestrians” and large vehicle safety to public attention.A ...
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WEB2024-09-26. Entering from a darkened alleyway, True Bao Maker (有情出包所) hits us with a blast of neon-bright pop-art posters and manga-packed shelves; speakers pump kitschy J-pop while the TV replays anime classics; zingy decor bursting with the Japanese cool of a backstreet Osaka hideout. Owner Eric Weng (翁竹熲) we.
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WEBBILINGUAL STORY 雙語故事. Jiang Yiwu paced the small room and wondered how the leader of the Literary Society had got here. He could hear the Russian and Manchu police outside. They were looking for him.