Taipei: Taiwan’s Legislature on Friday passed an amendment to the Income Tax Act that increases the tax exemption for families with minor children by 50 percent starting this year, in a bid to reduce the financial burden of raising children.
Accordi…
Taipei: State-owned oil supplier CPC Corp., Taiwan announced on Saturday that it will keep domestic gasoline and diesel prices unchanged next week, despite an increase in international crude oil prices.
According to Focus Taiwan, CPC stated that ret…
Taipei: Shares in Taiwan closed higher Friday as tech heavyweights, including contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), rebounded from earlier weakness on bargain hunting. The Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index,…
Taipei: Starlux Airlines on Friday added Kaohsiung as its third Taiwan point of departure, announcing two routes that will connect the southern port city with Japan starting on Jan. 1 next year.
According to Focus Taiwan, the two new routes are Kaoh…
Taipei: Intraday odd-lot trading is scheduled to start in line with standard block trading from early December as part of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s (TWSE) efforts to optimize the local intraday odd-lot trading mechanism, the exchange announced Thurs…
Taipei: Taiwan shares ended up 290.55 points, or 0.65 percent, at 45,224.29 Friday on turnover of NT$719.28 billion (US$22.57 billion).
According to Focus Taiwan, the market showed an upward trend, closing with a notable increase in points. The tota…
