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Taipei, March 27 (CNA) Terry Gou (郭台銘), founder of Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., known as Foxconn globally, was to leave for the United States on Monday for a 12-day visit, Gou's office said in a statement.

Taipei, March 27 (CNA) A tech company manager was indicted Monday on fraud and document forgery charges for having supplied generators made in China rather than Europe to the Navy in violation of the terms of the Navy tender, the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office said.

Taipei, March 27 (CNA) Taiwan's business climate monitor flashed a "blue" light in February for a fourth straight month, signaling that the local economy remained in contraction mode amid slumping exports, the National Development Council (NDC) reported Monday.

Taipei, March 22 (CNA) A Taiwanese man who had been at large since being convicted of abduction and extortion in 2002 has been brought back to Taiwan to serve his sentence after being arrested for illegal possession of weapons in Manila by Philippine police earlier this month.

Taipei, March 23 (CNA) Home buyers in Taiwan with a 30-year home loan worth NT$10 million (US$326,797) will have to pay an additional NT$40,000 per year in interest after the country's central bank lifted its key interest rates by 12.5 basis points Thursday, according to a real-estate expert.

Taipei, March 23 (CNA) Taiwan's industrial production index in February shrank by 8.68 percent year-on-year to 106.78, while its manufacturing production sub-index slid by 9.15 percent from a year ago, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) reported on Thursday.

Taipei, March 21 (CNA) Taiwan's current business cycle, which hit a peak in January 2022, is expected to bottom out in the second quarter of this year, the National Development Council (NDC) reported Monday.

Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Online registration for NT$6,000 cash payments drawn from last year's tax surplus will be first opened to eligible individuals whose IDs or permanent residency numbers end in either a zero or a one on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Monday.

Jakarta, March 16 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday donated 1,000 care packages to the town of Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia, which was hit by a strong earthquake in November last year, as part of a post-quake relief campaign to help the Southeast Asian nation.

Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Yunlin County Council Speaker Shen Tsung-lung (沈宗隆) was again detained and is being held incommunicado, in connection with a bribery case linked to wind power company wpd Taiwan Energy Co., prosecutors said Thursday.