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Taipei, July 12 (CNA) Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics distributor Synnex Technology International Corp. has officially kicked off operations in the expanded section of its Sydney logistics center, the company announced Wednesday.

Taipei, July 11 (CNA) The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it has upheld prison sentences of 12 years and 10 years and two months handed to two CPC Corp., Taiwan engineers for their involvement in a NT$400 million (US$12.77 million) bid-rigging scheme.

Kaohsiung, July 10 (CNA) A Kaohsiung-based businesswoman who received a 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud in May has been released on bail after prosecutors questioned her on suspicion of committing similar financial crimes.

Taipei, July 10 (CNA) Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Monday vowed to boost tourism in central Taiwan by increasing services to and from Taichung International Airport, during an inspection of a recently completed expansion project.

Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) grew 1.75 percent year-on-year in June, the lowest growth rate since April 2021, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) reported Thursday.

Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan plunged by 294.26 points to 16,762 on turnover of NT$346.668 billion (US$11.069 billion) Thursday, in part due to NT$38.724 billion of net selling by foreign institutional investors.

Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Hon Hai Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker, globally known as Foxconn, announced Wednesday that it registered a consolidated revenue of NT$422.775 billion (US$13.57 billion) in June, a 6.2 percent drop from May but the second-highest level for the month in the company's history.

Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested the mastermind of a plan to smuggle a large amount of cannabis into Taiwan that was foiled by a joint effort by the United States and Taiwan late last year.

Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan's economy stayed in contraction mode for the seventh consecutive month in May as export momentum remains weak amid a global slowdown, the National Development Council (NDC) said Thursday.

Taipei, June 29 (CNA) American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting the Matsu Islands, where she talked with Lienchiang Magistrate Wang Chung-ming (王忠銘) about cross-Taiwan Strait issues.