Taiwan's growth slows

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Taiwan hit its weakest numbers in three decades with its first-quarter economic growth results. Unemployment has risen to nearly 4% this April, and analysts predict a 5% decrease in overall corporate earnings this year for Taiwan, the lowest level in Asia. Global interest-rate cuts and the weakening of Taiwanese currency, however, could help boost the economy.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Statistics, Economic development, Statistics (Mathematics)

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Taiwan's 3G auction heats up, stirring hopes for consolidation

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Six Taiwan telecommunications companies are bidding on five third-generation licenses. Competition is bigger than expected, and the stakes have risen, causing some companies to consolidate their forces.

Radiotelephone communications, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Government regulation, Mobile Radio Services, Telecom Service Authorization, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications regulations, Telecommunications systems, Wireless communications services, Licensing agreements, Chunghwa Telecom Company Ltd., Teco Electric and Machinery Company Ltd., Taiwan Cellular Corp., KG Telecommunications Co., Far EasTone Telecommunications Company Ltd., First International Telecom Corp., Eastern Broadband Telecom, Taiwan PCS Network

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Cash-rich Taiwan companies are attractive targets

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Taiwanese stock prices are near historic lows, with little hope of quick upturn, but investors may find the stocks attractive because Taiwanese companies often have lots of cash. Spencer White of Merrill Lynch in Taiwan says that notebook computer maker Inventec Corp. and automotive firm China Motor Corp. are among those firms with large cash reserves. Acquiring a controlling stake in such companies in order to get at the cash could be difficult, however, and the investor would have to be certain that the underlying assets of a firm were factored into the analysis properly.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Securities Dealers, Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Security brokers and dealers, Computer industry, Prices and rates, Stocks, Securities industry, Securities, Inventec Corp., China Motor Corp.

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