Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

Heavy rain alert around Taiwan

Taipei, May 21 (CNA) All parts of Taiwan are likely to see heavy rainfall Tuesday as a stationary weather front continues to affect the country, the Central Weather Bureau said. The bureau predicted that more than 130 millimeters of rain will fall in parts of northern, central, southern and northeastern Taiwan and the outlying Penghu Islands on Tuesday, and could reach up to 200 mm in ...

Weak export orders unlikely to spur interest rate move bank

Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan's central bank will likely leave interest rates unchanged at its next quarterly policymaking meeting in June despite weak global demand for Taiwan-made ...

Shares of Largan higher on earnings outlook but gains capped

Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Shares of Largan Precision Co. continued to move higher Tuesday amid ongoing speculation that the company has secured orders from non-Apple Inc. buyers, such as Samsung Electronics Co., dealers said. The stock has scored significant gains in recent sessions to approach the NT$1,000 ...

Taiwan networkingcommunication device makers see decreasing profit-to-RD spending ratio

Seven main Taiwan-based networking/communication device makers saw the average ratio of pre-tax profit to R&D expenditure continually decline from 0.87 for 2010 to 0.45 for first-quarter 2013, their financial reports have ...