[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lisa Wang","ar_views":"616","ar_id":"2003830603","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"UMC sees low single-digit growth","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, \u806f\u96fb) expects its addressable market to grow by a low single-digit percentage this year, lower than the overall foundry industry\u2019s 15 percent expansion and the global semiconductor industry\u2019s 10 percent growth, the contract chipmaker said yesterday after reporting th","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830603","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830603","ph_attr":"Photo: Grace Hung, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"The logo of United Microelectronics Corp is pictured on the chipmaker\u2019s building in Hsinchu in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-015.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-015.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-015.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-hui","ar_views":"387","ar_id":"2003830604","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Export orders rise 5.1%, beating forecast","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Export orders last year increased 5.1 percent year-on-year to US$589.54 billion, ending two consecutive years of decline, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a report yesterday.The growth in export orders beat the ministry\u2019s forecast last month of an annual increase of 4.5 to 4.8 percent, with ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830604","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830604","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Shipping containers are pictured at the Port of Kaohsiung on July 22 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-605.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-605.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-605.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"271","ar_id":"2003830605","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Firms to advance diversification to avoid Trump tariffs","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Taiwanese firms should expand global deployment to advance market diversification and avoid punitive tariffs from Washington after US President Donald Trump took office on Monday, Deloitte & Touche Taiwan (\u52e4\u696d\u773e\u4fe1) said yesterday.Trump\u2019s first term saw US imports from China shrink US$70 billion in 2020","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830605","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830605","ph_attr":"Photo: Clare Cheng, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"From left, Deloitte & Touche Taiwan chief sustainability officer Spencer Yao, international tax head Andy Hau, CEO Jason Ke and financial advisory head Maggie Pan hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-014.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-014.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-014.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lisa Wang","ar_views":"269","ar_id":"2003830606","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Powertech eyeing Q2 pickup due to demand for DRAM","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Chip testing and packaging services provider Powertech Technology Inc (\u529b\u6210\u79d1\u6280) yesterday said it expects a significant pickup in the second quarter of this year on recovering demand from the DRAM segment, after reporting its weakest earnings in six quarters last quarter.The Hsinchu-based company said ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830606","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830606","ph_attr":"Photo: Grace Hung, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Powertech Technology Inc chairman Tsai Du-kung speaks at a news conference in Hsinchu on Oct. 24, 2023.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-013.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-013.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-013.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"270","ar_id":"2003830607","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"EU to raise Biden\u2019s AI chip curbs with Trump administration","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The European Union will raise concerns with the US over a decision to restrict the export of artificial intelligence (AI) chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp to some of its member states, according to people familiar with the matter.In one of its last moves in office, former US president Joe Biden\u2019s","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830607","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830607","ph_attr":"Photo: Ronald Wittek, EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"The logo of the European Union is pictured at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Monday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-324.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-324.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-324.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"131","ar_id":"2003830608","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Stocked market","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"People work at the Taipei First Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market yesterday as purchases steadily increase in the buildup to the Lunar New Year holiday.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830608","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830608","ph_attr":"Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P09-250122-016.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P09-250122-016.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P09-250122-016.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"CONFIDENCE: ","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"432","ar_id":"2003830545","ar_sbhdbody":"People displayed more willingness to purchase big-ticket items at 32.5 percent, higher than the 20.6 percent who plan to reduce their budget","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Most expect less than 3% growth","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Taiwanese expect GDP growth this year to approach 3 percent and the TAIEX to rally above 24,000 points, as major local technology firms benefit further from artificial intelligence (AI) applications, a survey by Cathay Financial Holding Co (\u570b\u6cf0\u91d1\u63a7) showed yesterday.The survey revealed positive sentime","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830545","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830545","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"A smartphone shows the TAIEX at a brokerage firm in Taipei on Jan. 9.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-607.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-607.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-607.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-hui","ar_views":"436","ar_id":"2003830546","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Preferential housing loans increase 5.23 percent","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The nation\u2019s eight major state-run banks extended NT$35.56 billion (US$1.08 billion) in preferential housing loans for first-home buyers last month, up 5.23 percent from NT$33.79 billion the previous month and ending six consecutive months of declines, Ministry of Finance data showed yesterday.The e","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830546","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830546","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Residential and commercial buildings are pictured in Taipei\u2019s Zhongzheng District on July 16 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-612.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-612.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-612.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lisa Wang","ar_views":"553","ar_id":"2003830547","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Gudeng eyeing revenue of NT$10 billion","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Gudeng Precision Industrial Co (\u5bb6\u767b\u7cbe\u5bc6), the sole extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pod supplier to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, \u53f0\u7a4d\u96fb), is aiming to expand revenue to NT$10 billion (US$304.8 million) this year, as it expects the artificial intelligence (AI) boom to drive demand for wafer delive","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830547","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830547","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"The logo of Gudeng Precision Industrial Co is pictured at the company\u2019s booth at the Semicon Taiwan trade show at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on Sept. 4 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-606.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-606.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-606.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"90","ar_id":"2003830548","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"S Korean central bank cuts forecast over political crisis","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"South Korea\u2019s central bank yesterday slashed its growth forecast for this year because of the political crisis triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s declaration of martial law last month.The move came as the government unveiled a US$250 billion support package for exporters amid worrie","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830548","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830548","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"A man stands in front of a financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-310.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-310.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-310.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"93","ar_id":"2003830549","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Bitcoin climbs 5.5% to record high","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Bitcoin yesterday climbed to a fresh record as the US prepared to inaugurate US President Donald Trump to his second presidential term, following a weekend during which his own digital token rattled crypto markets.The original digital asset gained as much as 5.5 percent to US$109,241 yesterday. The ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830549","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830549","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"An illustration shows symbolic bitcoins in Lugano, Switzerland, on Nov. 22 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-313.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-313.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-313.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"UNFAIR WORLD: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"95","ar_id":"2003830550","ar_sbhdbody":"Three-quarters of people worry about pay not keeping up with inflation, while about 60 percent are concerned about losing their job","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Inflation, job scares fueling risk of civil unrest, survey says","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"A global inflation scare and concerns that economic shifts would erode jobs are feeding perceptions that the world is becoming increasingly unfair, threatening civil unrest as a response, communications firm Edelman says.The world has entered an \u201cage of grievance,\u201d Edelman chief executive officer Ri","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830550","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830550","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The logo of the World Economic Forum is pictured inside the Congress Center on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-314.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-314.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-314.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"109","ar_id":"2003830551","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Out with the old","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"People exchange old banknotes for new ones at Bank of Taiwan\u2019s headquarters in Taipei yesterday. A total of 456 designated branches of eight financial institutions nationwide yesterday began to allow the public to get fresh notes to add to the festive mood during the Lunar New Year holiday. The bank","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830551","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830551","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P09-250121-605.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P09-250121-605.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P09-250121-605.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"MARKET SHIFTS: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"570","ar_id":"2003830492","ar_sbhdbody":"Exports to the US soared more than 120 percent to almost one quarter, while ASEAN has steadily increased to 18.5 percent on rising tech sales","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Share of exports to China falls to 31.7%","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The proportion of Taiwan\u2019s exports directed to China, including Hong Kong, declined by more than 12 percentage points last year compared with its peak in 2020, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday last week.The decrease reflects the ongoing restructuring of global supply chains, driven by escala","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830492","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830492","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"A crane moves a shipping container onto a ship at the Port of Kaohsiung on Sept. 9 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-603.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-603.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-603.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"TARIFF TRADE-OFF: ","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-hui","ar_views":"870","ar_id":"2003830493","ar_sbhdbody":"Machinery exports to China dropped after Beijing ended its tariff reductions in June, while potential new tariffs fueled \u2018front-loaded\u2019 orders to the US","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"US passes China as largest machinery export market","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The nation\u2019s machinery exports to the US amounted to US$7.19 billion last year, surpassing the US$6.86 billion to China to become the largest export destination for the local machinery industry, the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI, \u53f0\u7063\u6a5f\u68b0\u516c\u6703) said in a report on Jan. 10.It came as some m","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830493","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830493","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Robotic arms are displayed at a machine tool trade show at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on March 6, 2023.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-602.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-602.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-602.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"774","ar_id":"2003830494","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Taiwan can play key role in humanoid robot supply chain: industry operator","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Taiwanese manufacturers have a chance to play a key role in the humanoid robot supply chain, Tongtai Machine and Tool Co (\u6771\u53f0\u7cbe\u6a5f) chairman Yen Jui-hsiung (\u56b4\u745e\u96c4) said yesterday.That is because Taiwanese companies are capable of making key parts needed for humanoid robots to move, such as harmonic drives","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830494","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830494","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Tongtai Machine and Tool Co chairman Yen Jui-hsiung poses for a photograph during a machine tool trade show at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on March 27 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-607.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-607.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-607.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-hui \r\n","ar_views":"140","ar_id":"2003830495","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Fuel prices continue to rise","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Gasoline and diesel prices are to increase by NT$0.4 and NT$0.2 per liter respectively this week, as global crude oil prices continued to move higher, CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, \u53f0\u7063\u4e2d\u6cb9) and Formosa Petrochemical Corp (\u53f0\u5851\u77f3\u5316) said yesterday.Global crude oil prices rose last week, as the US expanded sanction","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830495","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830495","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"p09-250120-gas.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/p09-250120-gas.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/p09-250120-gas.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"179","ar_id":"2003830496","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok US","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"US search engine start-up Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok\u2019s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd (\u5b57\u7bc0\u8df3\u52d5) for Perplexity to merge with TikTok US, a source familiar with the company\u2019s plans told Reuters.TikTok faced a US ban that started yesterday if it did not cut ties with ByteDance, alth","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830496","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830496","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The Perplexity AI logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 4 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-318.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-318.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-318.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"126","ar_id":"2003830497","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Trump launches branded crypto token","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"The announcement came via the US president-elect\u2019s preferred social media platforms: Donald Trump was launching another crypto-related project.Dubbed \u201cthe only official Trump meme\u201d on its Web site, the token features an illustration of the incoming US president with his first in the air \u2014 an image a","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830497","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830497","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"US president-elect Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 27 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-317.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-317.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-317.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"205","ar_id":"2003830498","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Apple loses its best-seller brand status in China","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Apple Inc lost its status as the best-selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, new data showed on Thursday, with a pair of local rivals surpassing it with surging shipments.The California-based tech giant claimed a market share of 15 percent in the world\u2019s number two economy","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830498","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830498","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Apple iPhone 16s are on display during their launch at the Apple Store in New York on Sept. 20 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P09-250120-316.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P09-250120-316.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P09-250120-316.jpg"}}]