Taipei: Starlux Airlines announced Wednesday that it will launch direct flights between Taipei and the Indonesian island of Bali starting Oct. 1, with tickets now on sale. The Taiwan-based carrier said in a press release that the route will be operate…
Taipei: Taiwan has arranged for about 8 million barrels of crude oil to be shipped from the Red Sea in April to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and ease domestic supply pressures, CPC Corp., Taiwan announced. This quantity represents about a third of Taiw…
Taipei: Mandarin Airlines is considering suspending its flights between Hualien and Kaohsiung and Taichung, citing low demand and increasing financial losses. Chairman Chen Ta-chun revealed this on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges the airline fa…
Taipei: Taiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.2 percent year-on-year in March, with a sharper increase expected in April, a Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) official said Wednesday. DGBAS Senior Executive Officer T…
Taipei: Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday that it has approved the acquisition of Mercuries Life Insurance Co. by E. Sun Financial Holding Co. The commission determined that the transaction does not pose a risk of restricting co…
Taipei: The Taiwan Stock Exchange’s main index saw an increase as it opened up by 99.09 points, reaching 32,671.52. The opening turnover was reported at NT$5.9 billion, equivalent to US$186.13 million.
According to Focus Taiwan, this rise in the ind…
