POWER POSITION CEFC holds the production vice president position, meaning it could direct oil field production and potentially monopolize the venture,
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter, with CNAUnited Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電), the nation’s second-largest contract chipmaker, and three of its employ
By Chung Li-hua / Staff reporterHong Kong-based Causeway Bay Books is to reopen in Taipei next year, the store’s former manager Lam Wing-kei (林榮基) sai
By Lauly Li / Staff reporterUber Taiwan, the local subsidiary of Uber Technologies Inc, yesterday said it was relaunching its ride-hailing service in
By Weng Lu-huang, Cheng Shu-ting and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerNew Taipei City Department of Land Administration deputy director-
OBI PHARMA: The former president of Academia Sinica angrily denied the charges, saying it had ‘grievously’ harmed his reputation and vowing to defend
/ AFP, LONDONThe High Court in London yesterday ruled that the British government alone cannot start the process of leaving the EU, but requires the a
POLITICAL PRISONER: Grace Geng gave DPP Legislator Yu Mei-nu a copy of her father’s book, in which she asks President Tsai Ing-wen to help him and Chi
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterOBI Pharma Inc (台灣浩鼎) chairman Michael Chang (張念慈) was yesterday morning released after posting NT$1 million (US$30,914)
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Kaohsiung District Court on Friday found former Cheng I Food Co (正義公司) president Ho Yu-jen (何育仁) guilty of negligence
WITHDRAWAL REJECTED: Architect Cheng Chin-kuei’s wife attempted to withdraw NT$10 million in cash from his Taishin International Bank account, but was
/ Reuters, YANGON, MyanmarAs polls closed on Myanmar’s historic election day, diplomats and other observers said the vote was largely free and fair, w
REFORMS: The Democratic Progressive Party candidate announced her five reform proposals, saying that the changes would be painful, but she will stay t
By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporterFarglory Construction (遠雄建設) yesterday criticized the results of a Taipei City Government investigation into the s
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterFormer Far Eastern Air Transport Corp (FAT, 遠東航空) chairman Stephen Tsuei (崔湧), who fled the country soon after being i
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators have initiated a petition to urge party chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) to run for president, while Deputy Legisla
Farglory Construction Co (遠雄建設) has two weeks to provide an evacuation plan for the entire Taipei Dome (台北大巨蛋) complex, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) s
By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporterThe Taipei Dome Project (台北大巨蛋) “referee” ended up becoming a “player,” Taipei City councilors said yesterday.
LASTING EFFECTS: Investigators concluded that influence peddling claims involving DPP whip Ker were unfounded, but the DPP said the case had still dam
A Texas couple has adopted a bomb-sniffing dog that was with their Marine son when he was killed in Afghanistan.一對德州夫婦收養一隻嗅彈犬,這隻狗在他們擔任陸戰隊員的兒子於阿富汗捐軀時,與