Taiwan lowers forecast for 13 GDP growth to 2.4

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics (DGBAS) yesterday lowered its 2013 growth forecast for Taiwan by 1.19 percent to 2.4 percent, after the performance in the first quarter fell far below ...

Bosch Taiwan works toward improved sales results in 2013

"After experiencing significant growth in the past years, our sales were subdued under the circumstances of high economic uncertainty in both the local and global economy in 2012. We aim to improve our sales performance in the current year despite the continuous influence of the considerable economic risks," said Bernd Barkey, managing director of Bosch Taiwan. "Despite the ...

University head detained on corruption

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Nan Kai University of Technology President Chen Yu-lung (???) was taken into custody yesterday after a judge ruled that there was sufficient evidence of alleged corruption to warrant his ...

Lin Join-sane touts close ties with China

TAIPEI--Lin Join-sane (???), Taiwan's top negotiator with China, said yesterday that relations between Taiwan and China are the best in 60 years and hoped the two sides could set aside disputes and create a win-win situation through close exchanges and ...

Nokia reignites patent dispute with HTC

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- After filing its latest complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and a federal court in the state of Delaware, Nokia said Friday it has filed two new complaints in San Diego district court against HTC and accused the company of infringing on nine of its ...