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  • Taiwans IC packaging testing output forecast to grow over 9

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The production value of Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing sector for 2013 is expected to grow more than 9 percent from a year earlier on the back of the rising popularity of smartphones and tablet computers, according to a research report published Thursday. In the report, the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) said the output of the ...

  • Local bourse ends below 7900 points on Fed Chinas PMI

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan trended lower to end below the 7,900-point mark for the first time since April 18 on heavy institutional selling after the U.S. Federal Reserve hinted that its massive bond-buying program could be phased out later this year, dealers said. Investor confidence was further dampened by a fall ...

  • Economic Daily News Concerns over cross-strait service trade pact

    China will open 65 types of service businesses to Taiwanese operators, including e-commerce, the cultural and creative industry, transportation, finance, medical care, telecommunications and travel. Taiwan, on the other hand, will open 55 types of businesses to Chinese firms, including finance, medical care and travel agency services. The results might appear fruitful, but there are several ...

  • NIA to continue global cooperation on human trafficking

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Thursday that it will continue to cooperate with other countries in the fight against human trafficking, in response to an annual human trafficking report released by the U.S. Department of State that day. The NIA is currently seeking to work with more countries on combatting human trafficking, and will continue to cooperate with ...

  • Taiwan gets 4th Tier 1 ranking in U.S. human trafficking report

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Taiwan maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest human trafficking report published by the U.S. Department of State, the fourth year in a row that the country has been given the highest ranking. Taiwan's Tier 1 listing indicates that its "achievements in preventing and combating human trafficking have been highly recognized by the international community," ...

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Taken

Taken

On the narrative level, Taken is a fairly routine action thriller about a retired CIA operative who is forced to break out his tools and flex his old skills when his virginal teenage daughter is kidnapped abroad by human traffickers. There is little to distinguish it from dozens of interchang ... ...

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  • Injured Taiwanese tourist in Cambodia transferred to Bangkok hospital

    Bangkok, June 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese tourist who suffered several fractured ribs in a traffic accident in Cambodia that killed four and left seven others injured was being treated in a hospital in ...

  • Taiwan delegation arrives in Shanghai for cross-Straits talks

    A delegation headed by Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Lin Join-sane arrived in Shanghai on Thursday for a new round of talks with mainland negotiators.The delegation was welcomed by Cheng Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).The talks will be the first of their kind to be held since the two sides' newly-elected ...

  • Ma says chairman re-election bid is responsibility obligation

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that over the past four years, the ties between the ruling party and the administration have remained close-knit, and that it is his responsibility and obligation to seek re-election as chairman of the Kuomintang ...

  • Hon Hai slashes price of 60” TV for stock clearance

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Hon Hai Precision Wednesday announced yesterday a staggering NT$23,000 discount on its 60-inch LED TVs, in an obvious bid to clear the way for its 70-inch TV launched on the same ...

  • Groups reject Media Monopolization Prevention bill

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Joint media associations have met with the Legislature Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (???), criticizing the flaws in the draft bill of Media Monopolization Prevention that allows expanded administrative power over press and print ...

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