[{"ar_sbhdtease":"BEATING SEASONALITY:","ar_byline":"By Lisa Wang","ar_views":"163","ar_id":"2003831510","ar_sbhdbody":"Healthy demand for smartphone chips and other products due to China\u2019s stimulus program and to avert US tariffs is driving sales, the firm said","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"MediaTek sees sales growing up to 10%","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"MediaTek Inc (\u806f\u767c\u79d1), the world\u2019s largest supplier of mobile phone chips, yesterday said that revenue this quarter could grow by up to 10 percent, bolstered by China\u2019s economic stimulus program and customers pulling in orders amid concern over US tariffs.The first quarter tends to be a slack season, b","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831510","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831510","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"MediaTek Inc CEO Rick Tsai, center, Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang, right, and ARM Holdings PLC CEO Rene Haas speak at an event at the Taipei Computex exhibition on June 4 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p09-250208-609.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p09-250208-609.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p09-250208-609.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"INBOUND SHIPMENTS:","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"135","ar_id":"2003831511","ar_sbhdbody":"Imports fell 17.2% as local firms cut purchases of agricultural and industrial materials, but procured more IC equipment","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Exports expand 4.4 percent on demand for AI","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Exports last month grew 4.4 percent from a year earlier to US$38.71 billion, thanks to strong demand from artificial intelligence (AI), which more than offset disruptions linked to the Lunar New Year holiday, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.The amount represented the second-highest for Januar","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831511","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831511","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Ships and containers are pictured at Kaohsiung Port on Sept. 9 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p09-250208-607.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p09-250208-607.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p09-250208-607.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"129","ar_id":"2003831512","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Inflation surges 2.66% on holiday effect: DGBAS","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The consumer price index (CPI) last month accelerated to an 11-month high of 2.66 percent, as goods and services grew more expensive over the Lunar New Year holiday, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.Stripping out the holiday effect, the headline inf","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831512","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831512","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"A person walks pass supermarket shelves in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung, on Aug. 6 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p09-250208-610.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p09-250208-610.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p09-250208-610.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"25","ar_id":"2003831513","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"India cuts key rate as inflation eases","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday cut its key interest rate for the first time in nearly five years, as it seeks to boost the sluggish economy and sees inflation easing toward its 4 percent target.India\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which consists of three RBI and three external members","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831513","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831513","ph_attr":"Photo: Bloomberg","ph_cap":"A person passes by the logo of the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai, India, yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p09-250208-326.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p09-250208-326.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p09-250208-326.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"34","ar_id":"2003831514","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Bump in the road","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Newly manufactured Alfa Romeo vehicles are parked at the Stellantis NV factory in Cassino, Italy, on Thursday. Auto stocks around the world slumped on Monday after US President Donald Trump\u2019s new tariffs threatened to cut into sales from factories in Mexico and Canada.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831514","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831514","ph_attr":"Photo: Bloomberg","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p09-250208-327.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p09-250208-327.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p09-250208-327.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"638","ar_id":"2003831503","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Hon Hai renews Nissan talks: sources","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (\u9d3b\u6d77\u7cbe\u5bc6) is reportedly making another pass at Nissan Motor Co, as the Japanese automaker's tie-up with Honda Motor Co falls apart.Nissan shares rose as much as 6 percent after Taiwan\u2019s Central News Agency reported that Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (\u200b\u200b\u5289\u63da\u5049) instructed former ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831503","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831503","ph_attr":"Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters","ph_cap":"The Foxconn logo is pictured outside the company's building in Taipei on Nov. 10, 2022.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"HonHai.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/HonHai.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/HonHai.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"US CONCERNS:","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"372","ar_id":"2003831445","ar_sbhdbody":" \u2018We face challenges to the supply chain from fires and storms, port disruptions, geopolitical disruptions, immigration and tariffs,\u2019 a Fed official said","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Fed officials wary over Trump","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"US Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday pointed to the large policy uncertainty around tariffs and other issues arising from the early days of US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration as among the top challenges in figuring out where to take US monetary policy in the months ahead.Chicago Federal","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831445","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831445","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee hosts an event in Chicago on July 10 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-312.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-312.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-312.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"WASHINGTON POLICY: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"605","ar_id":"2003831446","ar_sbhdbody":"Tariffs of 10 percent or more and other new costs are tipped to hit shipments of small parcels, cutting export growth by 1.3 percentage points","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Trade move to cut China\u2019s growth","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The decision by US President Donald Trump to ban Chinese companies from using a US tariff loophole would hit tens of billions of dollars of trade and reduce China\u2019s economic growth this year, according to new estimates by economists at Nomura Holdings Inc.According to Nomura\u2019s estimates, last year c","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831446","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831446","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Containers are pictured at a port in Nanjing, China, on Wednesday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-316.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-316.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-316.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"266","ar_id":"2003831447","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"S Korean authorities block DeepSeek access","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"South Korean ministries and police yesterday said that they were blocking DeepSeek\u2019s (\u6df1\u5ea6\u6c42\u7d22) access to their computers, after the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up did not respond to a data watchdog request about how it manages user information.DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot last month,","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831447","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831447","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The Deepseek logo is pictured in an arranged photograph taken on Jan. 29.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-313.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-313.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-313.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"78","ar_id":"2003831448","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Most entrepreneurs upbeat over wealth growth: survey","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Most Taiwanese entrepreneurs are upbeat about wealth growth, backed by their confidence in business opportunities, investment portfolios and personal capabilities, HSBC Taiwan said in a report released yesterday.Ninety percent of local entrepreneurs expressed positive views, while 85 percent saw glo","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831448","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831448","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"HSBC logos are pictured at a bank in New York on Aug. 7, 2019.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-hsbc.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-hsbc.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-hsbc.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"195","ar_id":"2003831449","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Tokyo Electron to expand despite AI spending doubts","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Tokyo Electron Ltd reaffirmed its annual outlook and outlined plans to build a \uffe5104 billion (US$683 million) plant, suggesting it expects sustained spending on artificial intelligence (AI).The company, one of a handful of key chip gear makers globally, revealed the expansion plans after posting bett","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831449","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831449","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters\r\n","ph_cap":"Semiconductor chips are pictured on a printed circuit board in an arranged photograph taken on Feb. 17, 2023.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-331.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-331.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-331.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"60","ar_id":"2003831450","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Hungry dragons","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"People wait for food ahead of a dragon dance competition in Miaoli County yesterday.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831450","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831450","ph_attr":"Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p09-250207-334.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p09-250207-334.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p09-250207-334.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"GLOBAL TRADE UPTICK?","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"397","ar_id":"2003831380","ar_sbhdbody":"Global trade is expected to increase this year, while major US technology giants have reaffirmed commitment to AI investments, an official said","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"NDC business monitor shifts to \u2018red\u2019","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The government\u2019s business climate monitor turned \u201cred\u201d for December last year, suggesting an economic boom after a three-month hiatus, attributable to strong demand for electronics used in developing artificial intelligence (AI), the National Development Council (NDC) said yesterday.The composite sc","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831380","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831380","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Asustek Computer Inc notebooks featuring artificial-intelligence functionality are displayed in a store in Taipei on Oct. 28 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-601.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-601.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-601.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"SENSOR BUSINESS:","ar_byline":"By Lisa Wang","ar_views":"508","ar_id":"2003831381","ar_sbhdbody":"The Taiwanese company said that a public tender offer would begin on May 7 through its wholly owned subsidiary Yageo Electronics Japan","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Yageo eyes Shibaura acquisition","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Yageo Corp (\u570b\u5de8), one of the world\u2019s top three suppliers of passive components, yesterday said it is to launch a tender offer to fully acquire Japan\u2019s Shibaura Electronics Co for up to \uffe565.57 billion (US$429.37 million), with an aim to expand its sensor business.The tender offer would be a crucial st","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831381","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831381","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Yageo chairman Pierre Chen speaks at an artificial intelligence summit in Taipei on Sept. 26 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-603.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-603.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-603.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"377","ar_id":"2003831382","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Steaker Accelerates Compensation Efforts with \u2018Dawn Project\u2019 Post-FTX Collapse","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX announced in December last year that its court-approved restructuring plan is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 3, 2025. As part of the plan, initial repayments to priority claimants are expected to begin within 60 days of this date. Taiwan-based digital asset","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831382","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831382","ph_attr":"Photo founder of Steaker, a Digital Asset Management Platform","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"p09-250206-WebOnlyAdvertorial1.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/p09-250206-WebOnlyAdvertorial1.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/p09-250206-WebOnlyAdvertorial1.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"173","ar_id":"2003831383","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Taiwan\u2019s forex reserves rise to US$577.58 billion","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Taiwan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves totaled US$577.58 billion late last month, up US$9.06 billion from the previous month on the back of investment returns and favorable currency movements, the central bank said yesterday.The balance meant Taiwan remained the fourth-largest holder of foreign-exchange","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831383","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831383","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"New Taiwan dollar and US dollar banknotes are pictured in Taipei on Aug. 5.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-607.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-607.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-607.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"121","ar_id":"2003831384","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"USPS suspends inbound parcels from China, HK","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The US Postal Service (USPS) is temporarily suspending inbound international packages from China and Hong Kong, potentially delaying or blocking shipments from retailers such as Shein (\u5e0c\u97f3) and PDD Holdings Inc\u2019s (\u62fc\u591a\u591a\u63a7\u80a1) Temu.The package freeze highlights a wider challenge to globally minded business","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831384","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831384","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A US Postal Service employee wearing a Santa hat sorts mail at the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center on Nov. 30, 2022.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-319.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-319.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-319.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"118","ar_id":"2003831385","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Nissan exits Honda merger talks: report","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Japan\u2019s Nissan Motor Co has called off merger talks with rival Honda Motor Co, the Nikkei newspaper reported, abandoning a tie-up that would have created the world\u2019s No. 3 automaker and raising questions about how it would drive a turnaround by itself.Shares in Nissan slid more than 4 percent before","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831385","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831385","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"Nissan Motor Co president and CEO Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Motor Co president Toshihiro Mibe attend a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-335.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-335.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-335.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"77","ar_id":"2003831386","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Runaway inflation?","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"A man jogs past protesters calling for a rise in wages to fight high inflation in front of the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo yesterday.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831386","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831386","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P09-250206-337.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P09-250206-337.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P09-250206-337.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"\u2018UNPREDICTABLE\u2019:","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"422","ar_id":"2003831323","ar_sbhdbody":" Movements on the TAIEX showed that many investors remain cautious about Trump, opting to wait and see, despite his postponement of tariffs, an analyst said","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-05","ar_head":"Shares rebound on postponed US tariffs","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The TAIEX yesterday staged a technical rebound after US President Donald Trump postponed tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada for one month, but gains were capped ahead of 23,000 points, dealers said.After falling 3.53 percent a session earlier, the TAIEX closed up 99.25 points, or 0.44 percent, 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