Wamnt China Times
Date: 2015-06-05
By: Staff Reporter

Taiwan has kicked off an Integrated Health and Technology-Investment Cooperation

Project to help encourage growth in the biotechnology and health sectors and partnerships among Taiwanese and foreign companies, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper Want Daily.

The project, initiated by Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare, will be carried out by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). In its early stages, it will emphasize partnership with countries including the UK, Germany and China.

TAITRA had staged a series of investment conferences in Stuttgart, London and Beijing in April and May and plans to organize a forum at the Taipei International Convention Center on June 18.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/05
By:  Huang Chia-wen and Lillian Lin
Taipei, June 5 (CNA) An official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Friday that Taiwanese products’ share in Vietnam’s total imported goods market has been declining in recent years to just 7.5% last year, lagging far behind China, South Korea and Japan.

In 2014, products from China occupied 30.3 percent of Vietnam’s market for imported products, those from South Korea 14.7 percent, Japan 8.7 percent, and Taiwan 7.5 percent, according to the official, who cited government statistics from Vietnam.

Despite the fact that Taiwan’s exports to Vietnam continued to grow over the past few years, from US$6.25 billion in 2009 to US$11.08 billion in 2014, Taiwan’s market share was dropping, said the official.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-04
By: CNA

Taiwan’s Pegatron, one of the world’s top five contract notebook PC makers, said

Wednesday that it is optimistic about the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system due to its user-friendly features.

“I think there are many improvements in the recent versions of Microsoft’s products, which are designed to better fit user habits. I’m optimistic about it,” Pegatron CEO and president Jason Cheng told the press on the sidelines of Microsoft’s keynote speech at Computex Taipei.

Pegatron, which makes notebooks for Asustek, Toshiba, Acer and Hewlett-Packard, is expected to ship 850,000 notebooks in May, an increase of 17% from April, due to new projects from clients, according to Kirk Yang, Barclays’ head of technology hardware research for Asia.

Tiffany Huang, president of Acer’s corporate business planning and operations, forecast that the adoption of Windows 10 will accelerate next year when business users begin to replace their older computers.     [FULL  STORY]

‘IMPATIENT INVESTORS’:Yesterday marked the fourth straight losing session for the main bourse. UBS trimmed its target forecast for the TAIEX to 10,000 points this year

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 05, 2015
By: Crystal Hsu  /  Staff reporter

A futures-driven sell-off caused the TAIEX to plunge 2.18 percent yesterday to

9,348.63 points, its lowest level in four-and-a-half months, following speculation that foreign institutional investors added a net 10,000 short-position contracts in the day.

Yesterday was the fourth straight losing session on the main bourse since the government relaxed the stock-trading band on Monday to 10 percent, from the previous 7 percent, in line with international trends.

Turnover expanded to NT$135.17 billion (US$4.35 billion) from the previous session’s NT$100.93 billion, according to the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s data.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/03
By: Esme Jiang, Jackson Chang and Frances Huang

Taipei, June 3 (CNA) Shares of Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC Corp. (宏達

電) incurred more losses to close at a new low on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Wednesday since the stock was listed in March 2002.

Dealers said that the selling reflected a lack of investor confidence in HTC’s outlook at a time when fiercer-than-ever competition in the global smartphone market has imposed tremendous pressure on the firm.

Shares of HTC fell 5.79 percent Wednesday to close at NT$92.80 (US$3.01) with 25.41 million shares changing hands. The weighted index on the TWSE ended down 0.6 percent at 9,556.52 points.     [FULL  STORY]

Altek’s Cubic Live can be attached to drones, dashboards or handlebars

Computer World
Date: 03 June, 2015
By: Tim Hornyak (IDG News Service)

If you aren’t a big fan of flying drones, consider that more and more of them will

likely be streaming live high-definition video to YouTube.

Taiwan’s Altek is demonstrating a low-cost, lightweight compact camera that can ride on a drone, dashboard or bicycle while sending real-time imagery to the video-sharing service.

The Cubic Live weighs 70 grams and easily fits in the palm of your hand. It’s got a 150-degree wide-angle lens, 16-megapixel CMOS sensor and can shoot full HD video at 1080p with 30 frames per second.

The camera has a noise-cancellation chip to reduce the hum from drones. It can connect with Android and iOS mobile devices via dual-band Wi-Fi. The 940 mAh battery can last about 90 minutes when continuously shooting FHD video, or taking up to 1,000 photos.     [FULL STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-02
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

A measure to expand Taiwan’s daily securities trading fluctuation from 7%-10% is to

take effect from June 1, according to the country’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC).

The measure is aimed at improving Taiwan’s market efficiency, stimulating trading and aligning the local market with international norms, the FSC said.

In addition to stocks, the expanded 10% limit will also apply to other trading-related products, including Taiwan Depositary Receipts, call and put warrants, beneficiary certificates and Taiwan Futures Exchange contracts.

The margin ratio for securities margin transactions will also be increased from the current 120% to 130%, which was first implemented May 4 to allow investors to prepare for the change.     [FULL  STORY]