Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/18
By: Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA) The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei

(AmCham Taipei, 台北美國商會) has urged the Taiwan government to boost its sluggish economy by fostering a more attractive business environment for foreign investment.

The editorial in the chamber’s Taiwan Business Topics monthly magazine in October said that Taiwan needs to take advantage of all possible ways to reinvigorate its economy in an increasingly unfavorable environment of falling exports and anemic domestic consumption.

“One policy suggestion that appears on almost every list of potential solutions is to heighten Taiwan’s capability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI),” AmCham Taipei said.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-18
By: CNA

Taiwan’s export orders for September are expected to show a year-on-year

decline, dropping for the sixth consecutive month, amid weak global demand and signs of a slowdown of the world’s economy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Saturday.

The expected decline will also reflect a high comparison base in the same month of 2014, when the Taiwan’s export orders rose 12.7% year-on-year to US$43.3 billion, the MOEA said.

The ministry is scheduled to release the September export data on Oct. 20.

In August, Taiwan’s export orders fell 8.3% from a year earlier to US$35.03 billion, as global demand showed signs of slowing.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/17
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Frances Huang

Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Taiwan’s export orders for September are expected to show a year-on-year decline, dropping for the sixth consecutive month, amid weak global demand and signs of a slowdown of the world’s economy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Saturday.

The expected decline will also reflect a high comparison base in the same month of 2014, when the Taiwan’s export orders rose 12.7 percent year-on-year to US$43.3 billion, the MOEA said.

The ministry is scheduled to release the September export data on Oct. 20.

In August, Taiwan’s export orders fell 8.3 percent from a year earlier to US$35.03 billion, as global demand showed signs of slowing.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-17
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

EVA Airways, one of Taiwan’s leading international carriers, has plans to

buy up to 26 wide-body planes from Boeing, according to the US aviation giant.

In a statement posted on its website, Boeing said that EVA Air’s purchase plan is looking at 24 787-10 Dreamliners and an additional two 777-300ER (extended range) jetliners.

Boeing said that the purchases will be valued at more than US$8 billion at current list prices.

After the transactions, Boeing said, EVA Air will join the 787-10 launch customers team, as well as becoming one of the first airlines in the world to adopt the newest model of the 787 Dreamliner series.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/16
By: Lo Hsiu-wen and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Asustek Computer Inc., a Taiwan-based manufacturer and distributor of computers, communication products and consumer electronics, held a product presentation in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, on Friday, inviting consumers there to experience its ZenFone smart phone series, according to a statement by the company.

The event, titled “Incredible Comes to Colombia,” was hosted by Eric Chen (陳彥政), Asustek’s global vice president who presented the company’s smart phone brand to Colombian consumers for the first time, the statement said.

A variety of phones in the series, including ZenFone 2, ZenFone 2 Laser, ZenFone 2 Deluxe, ZenFone Go, and ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition sporting 4GB/258GB of internal storage, was exhibited.     [FULL  STORY]

TSMC gets great publicity from iPhone 6S chip controversy

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-16
By: Tom Wang

My neighbor in Hong Kong said his young son was asking his mother

whether the new iPhone 6S she bought came with a processor supplied by Samsung or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).

The child, who is at primary school, insisted that if his mother had bought the “wrong one,” she should return it as soon as possible. “My classmates are all talking about this and they said the difference is huge,” the boy told his parents.

My neighbor then learned about a Facebook page for primary school students in Hong Kong, where the discussions focus on tech gadget issues, including the reported difference in battery performance between iPhone 6S models using Samsung’s chip and models using the chip supplied by TSMC.

International investors have also picked up on the issue and have been buying up TSMC stock at relatively low prices.     [FULL  STORY]