Taipei: A tariff hike to be imposed by the Mexican government will not affect Taiwan-made information and communication technology (ICT) related items such as semiconductors, Taiwan’s Office of Trade Negotiations said Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, these items, including chips, servers, graphics cards, and printed circuit boards (PCBs), represent about

Taipei: The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar Tuesday, shedding NT$0.015 to close at NT$31.508. Turnover totaled US$942 million during the trading session. According to Focus Taiwan, the greenback opened at NT$31.510, and moved between NT$31.485 and NT$31.544 before the close.

Taipei: Amendments to commodity and vehicle license tax laws for electric vehicles (EVs) that will extend an exemption of these taxes for an additional five years cleared the Legislative Yuan on Tuesday. With the current exemptions of commodity and vehicle license taxes for consumers to buy EVs that were launched

Taipei: Taiwan shares ended up 160.83 points, or 0.57 percent, at 28,310.47 Tuesday on turnover of NT$420.39 billion (US$13.35 billion). According to Focus Taiwan, the increase in Taiwan shares reflects an upward trend in the stock market, with a notable rise in trading activity. The market’s performance was marked by

Taipei: A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain-wave patterns to distinguish individuals with internet addiction from healthy subjects with 86 percent accuracy, researchers announced Thursday. The method’s accuracy is significantly higher than that of self-report measures, Huang Hsu-wen, an assistant investigator at the

Hsinchu: Hsinchu City Mayor Kao Hung-an returned to work on Thursday, two days after the Taiwan High Court acquitted her of corruption charges, in a case that had resulted in her suspension from her mayoral post for one year and five months. Kao arrived at the Hsinchu City government office