Taichung: Around 1,300 tonnes of cooking oil products have been recalled after they were found to contain excessive levels of benzopyrene, a carcinogenic compound, a Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) official said Thursday. The affected soy-b…
Tainan: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin I-chin was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for defrauding more than NT$14 million (US$439,000) in assistant subsidies. The 56-year-old lawmaker was convicted by the Tainan District …
Manchester: A shipment of Irwin mangoes from Tainan and black-leaf lychees from Taichung arrived in the United Kingdom and cleared customs on Wednesday, marking Taiwan’s first official export of the two types of fruit to the U.K. this year.
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Taipei: Taiwan shares ended down 274.83 points, or 0.58 percent, at 46,744.16 Thursday on turnover of NT$1.02 trillion (US$31.85 billion).
According to Focus Taiwan, the decline in the stock market reflects the investors’ cautious sentiment amid ong…
Taipei: The number of accounts created to trade on the local market rose to a new high at the end of June, as the Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s (TWSE) benchmark index, soared almost 60 percent in the first half of the year, according to data rele…
Taipei: The number of accounts created to trade on the local market rose to a new high at the end of June, as the Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s (TWSE) benchmark index, soared almost 60 percent in the first half of the year, according to data rele…
