BUSINESS
Huang ‘smartest CEO’: site
Web site Visual Capitalist has listed Taiwan-born Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) as the US’ “smartest CEO” out of 100 CEOs. A Frontiers in Psychology study featured in a Visual Capitalist report suggested that people who use more complex sentence structures tend to perform better in uncertain decisionmaking scenarios. The Visual Capitalist collaborated with Preply to run a generated analysis of speeches conducted by 100 CEOs, as well as 26 additional high-ranking executives. The CEOs were ranked based on verbal ability, abstract and conceptual thinking, creativity, memory and recall, and logical reasoning, the report said. Huang topped the list with a score of 81.3, followed by Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, scoring 80.9, and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis with 80.8.
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WEATHER
Warm weather expected
Warm weather is expected to continue on Tuesday, before a seasonal northeasterly wind system sets in on Wednesday, which would cause temperatures to drop 5°C to 6°C, particularly in Taichung and the rest of central Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Daytime temperatures yesterday ranged from 31°C to 33°C in the west, and 28°C to 29°C in eastern Taiwan, and reached 35°C in the south, the CWA said. The CWA urged the public to take precautions to avoid sunburn and drink sufficient water to prevent dehydration. Independent meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said the weather is expected to get warmer tomorrow and on Tuesday, and reach 35°C in most of Taiwan.
SOCIETY
Fight leaves man blind
A violent altercation between two neighbors in New Taipei City left one man permanently blind after his eyeballs were dislodged, police said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Chien (簡), turned himself in at about 9am on Thursday after a fight with his neighbor, a man surnamed Lien (連), the New Taipei City Police Department’s Ruifang Precinct said. Chien told officers he hit Lien in the head with a brick after a verbal argument escalated. Police went to the scene and found Lien lying injured, having sustained a head trauma, facial injuries, swollen eyes and a chin wound. Doctors later discovered that Lien’s eyeballs were missing. Police returned to the scene and recovered the eyeballs, but they could not be saved, leaving Lien permanently blind. Investigators said that during the altercation, Lien reportedly bit Chien’s arm and refused to let go. To break free, Chien jabbed at Lien’s face, causing the severe eye injuries. Chien was handed over to the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office for further investigation on suspicion of attempted murder. He was released on NT$120,000 bail after questioning.
TRADE
Taobao scrutiny urged
Lawmakers on Wednesday called for tighter oversight of Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao following the US’ decision to scrap tax exemptions for low-value imports from China as part of its efforts to address trade imbalances. Democratic Progressive Party legislators asked whether Taiwan’s policy — which allows up to six tax-exempt low-value shipments of up to NT$2,000 every six months — is overly lenient. Minister of Finance Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) said the ministry is carefully reviewing the tax exemption system for small parcels to prevent any unfair impact on local industries.
Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, the official said the nation’s armed forces are in agreement with US Admiral Samuel Paparo’s assessment that Taiwan’s military must be prepared to turn the nation’s waters into a “hellscape” for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Paparo, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, reiterated the concept during a Congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday. He first coined the term in a security conference last
Prosecutors today declined to say who was questioned regarding alleged forgery on petitions to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, after Chinese-language media earlier reported that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Youth League were brought in for questioning. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau confirmed that two people had been questioned, but did not disclose any further information about the ongoing investigation. KMT Youth League members Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) and Liu Szu-yin (劉思吟) — who are leading the effort to recall DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) — both posted on Facebook saying: “I
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,900) for advertisements that exceeded its approved business scope and ordered the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license would be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter supervision of Chinese e-commerce platforms and more stringent measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan as US President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on origin laundering. The legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday met to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report on the matter. Democratic Progressive Party
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