No excessive force in San Francisco police shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four San Francisco police officers did not use excessive force when they shot and killed a college student at a park, a federal jury decided Thursday. The eight-member jury reached...
View ArticleMND disciplines personnel over warrantless search
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday presented the results of its internal probe over the controversial handling of a case that led to accusations of an illegal search by military police,...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: White House Announces Doubling of TechHire Communities, and New...
(Source: EACC - European American Chamber of Commerce) This Friday, the President is traveling to Austin, Texas to visit South by Southwest-a gathering of our most creative thinkers, coders, makers,...
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TECH INITIATIVE Austin jumps into national tech training, hiring program: Austin Mayor Steve Adler last week announced that the city is joining a White House initiative designed to work with Google and...
View ArticleTsai vows to build naval boats locally on Kaohsiung visit
During a meeting with shipbuilders in Kaohsiung yesterday, president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that she is determined to have naval vessels built locally. Accompanied by Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: White House Announces Doubling of TechHire Communities, and New...
(Source: President of the United States) This Friday, the President is traveling to Austin, Texas to visit South by Southwest-a gathering of our most creative thinkers, coders, makers, and...
View ArticleBeijing should ‘punish two-faced Taiwan entrepreneurs’ who profit from...
Beijing should set up a “reward and penalty scheme” for all Taiwanese entrepreneurs doing business on the mainland to single out those with pro-independence tendencies, says a top government advisor on...
View ArticleTaipower still wants to ship nuclear waste overseas
Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) plans to ship its spent nuclear fuel overseas for reprocessing, possibly to France, Minister of Economic Affairs John Deng (鄧振中) reiterated yesterday. Deng made the remark in...
View ArticleCupertino mayor pitches business tax, not afraid of Apple
Cupertino’s City Hall has long been cautious when dealing with Apple, its largest employer and one of the world’s most valuable companies. [...] as Apple expands rapidly in the Silicon Valley city of...
View ArticleFHLBank San Francisco to Direct $40 Million to Create New Job Opportunities...
(Source: Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco) SAN FRANCISCO - March 10, 2016 -The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced a new job development and small...
View ArticlePushing The Kids to Fly
"You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down." - Reid Hoffman, American Entrepreneur Blanketed under thousands of stars, the warmth of the sun, and the shade of skyscrapers, it's...
View ArticleHuang An returns for medical care
Taiwanese singer Huang An (黃安), who was at the center of a controversy involving teenage K-pop star Chou Tzu-yu (周子瑜) earlier this year, yesterday returned to Taiwan from China for medical treatment...
View ArticleAustin braces for Obama’s appearance at South by Southwest
AUSTIN — President Barack Obama will kick off South by Southwest, Austin’s annual tech, film and music festival, on Friday with a push to utilize technology to help solve deficiencies in education, job...
View ArticleBank of America consumer exec relocates to San Francisco from Charlotte
One of Bank of America’s top consumer bank executives is now based in San Francisco, the Charlotte company confirmed Friday. Thong Nguyen has moved to the...
View ArticleSome Root For a Tech Comeuppance In San Francisco
HughPickens.com writes: David Streitfeld writes in the NYT that cities do not usually cheer the downfall or even the diminishment of the hometown industry, but the relationship between San Francisco...
View ArticleTaipei to hold international invention exhibition (Overseas Community Affairs...
(Source: Overseas Community Affairs Council, ROC (Taiwan)) Taipei, March 7 (CNA) The annual Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart will be held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 this year at the...
View ArticleNeihu traffic plans announced
In an effort to alleviate traffic congestion in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖), the Taipei Department of Transportation yesterday unveiled a series of measures designed to boost road capacity, as well as...
View ArticleUS seeks partnership on women’s issues
The US is seeking greater cooperation with Taiwan in addressing issues related to women’s economic and political participation, a visiting official responsible for women’s issues from the US Department...
View ArticlePremier questioned over Beijing-Taipei railway reports
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩) questioned Premier Simon Chang (張善政) yesterday over a Chinese official’s remarks that a project to build a high-speed rail system connecting...
View ArticleGCS and Sanan discuss merger
Local semiconductor firm GCS Holdings Inc (環宇通訊) yesterday said it has signed a letter of intent with Chinese LED giant Sanan Optoelectronics Co (三安光電) to discuss a merger worth US$226 million in the...
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