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Byline: Shu-ching Jean Chen in Hong Kong and Beijing The much-anticipated $5 billion initial public offering in New York and Hong Kong for government-owned China Telecommunications (Group) Co. is expected […]

Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has reached an out-of-court settlement of patent infringement claims against Via Technologies, a leading Taiwanese producer of personal computer 'chipsets'. Chipsets are the devices that [...]

BUDGET SAVINGS Taiwan to cut projects Taiwan is cutting back on large-scale transport projects in a budget-trimming exercise that could end years of double-digit spending increases. The Ministry of Transportation [...]

BULLET TRAIN Taiwan-Japan rail deal signed Taiwan's High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) and a Japanese consortium signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with a Japanese consortium which will supply the [...]

China Development Industrial Bank (CDIB), Taiwan's largest investment bank, yesterday reported an unaudited pre-tax profit of TDollars 11.9bn (USDollars 387m) for the last calendar year - an annual increase of [...]

TAIWANESE ELECTIONS Soong proposes China deal James Soong, the front-runner to win Taiwan's presidential elections in March, yesterday laid down a framework to govern its difficult relations with Beijing by [...]

The earthquake in September threw transport networks in central Taiwan into disarray, but the road that cuts through the disaster areas was left standing. The six-lane expressway between the cities [...]

Chiao Tung Bank, Taiwan's state-run bank with an investment banking portfolio, was privatised on Friday reducing state control from 51.4 to 36.1 per cent. The move opens the way to [...]

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS RISE Taiwan trade grows strongly Taiwan's August exports and imports both achieved double-digit annual growth, rising 11.4 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. A smooth recovery [...]

INFLATION OUTLOOK Taiwan price rises 'subdued' In spite of a 1.14 per cent increase year-on-year in the consumer price index in August, Taiwan expects inflation to remain subdued at a [...]

PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT Taiwan looks at foreign site In the face of mounting environmental protests, Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party is looking at Western Australia as a possible site for a [...]

The Taiwanese government has begun talks with several domestic banks to arrange new short-term credits. This follows parliamentary approval of a fiscal instrument allowing the government greater flexibility in arranging [...]

Taiwan's ruling party, the Kuomintang (KMT), yesterday formally endorsed a policy shift that has enraged China by defining the relationship between the rivals as that between two separate states. The [...]

Taiwan finance officials are sending strong signals that they will force mergers among state-run banks by the end of the year and will allow foreign banks to take 100 per [...]

ELECTRONICS Acer in alliance with Cisco Acer, Taiwan's largest computermaker, yesterday announced a strategic alliance with Cisco Systems under which it will adopt the US company's networking technology throughout its [...]