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  • Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August

    The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...

  • Xaxis Launches in Taiwan Bringing Multi-Platform Audience Buying to In-Market Advertisers

    NEW YORK & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xaxis, the world's largest audience buying company, announced today the launch of operations in Taiwan. The move builds upon the company's ongoing global expansion, following the debut of new office locations in Hong Kong and Thailand during Q1 2013. Xaxis has appointed former Yahoo! executive K.C. Pan to lead the new office as ...

  • Henry topped in a Taiwanese music chart

    Henry's first solo album, 'Trap', topped in Taiwanese music website, 'KKBOX'. On June 7th, Henry's first mini album, 'Trap', was released through different online music websites, and it tipped in Korean Music Album TOP100 Weekly Chart and Korean Music TOP 100 Chart. Previously, Henry has been receiving a great love from fans in China along with other ...

  • MLB Roundup Ramirez leaves Taiwan Rodriguez visited by drug probe suspect

    Manny Ramirez is off the roster of the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan and reportedly will leave the country on Thursday. The 41-year-old Ramirez played 49 games for the Rhinos in the Chinese Professional Baseball League and hit .352 with eight home runs and 43 RBIs in 206 plate appearances. Ramirez's contract reportedly has an opt-out clause that allows him to pursue other opportunities, and there ...

  • Manny Ramirez leaves Taiwan might head to Japan to continue career

    the previously indispensable Manny Does Taiwan blog reports that Ramirez has been removed from the roster of the EDA Rhinos, his team in Taiwan, and might be looking for work in ...

Movie Review

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

"Enemy of the State," Tony Scott's new paranoid government conspiracy thriller, could have just as easily been titled "The Conversation II" if they'd simply purchased the rights from Francis Ford Coppola. This movie plays like a 90's updating of Coppola's 1974 classic that dealt with surveillance, the erosion of privacy, and the escalating paranoia that you can never completely be alone because so ... ...

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