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Federal agents stopped a California realtor before a Shanghai flight, alleging she acted as an unregistered Chinese agent after filming President Lai Ching-te's U.S.-based son near Seattle and texting vehicle details to handlers.
Your Daily UpdateTwelve Taiwan stories for 2026-10-05 — banks tighten SME credit, AUO leads a record index finish, public flu doses top 600,000 in 48 hours, and the Brothers open the CPBL challenge series with a one-win edge.
Lead storyAUO Block Trades Dominate Friday Tape as Earnings Calendar Starts With Optical NamesForeign brokers placed more than 81,000 AUO shares on the buy side Friday while the weighted index closed at a record 48,475.74 ahead of a week crowded with optical and chip earnings calls.
HealthTaiwan Logs 601,000 Flu Shots in 48 Hours as Weekly Clinic Visits Near 150,000
SportsRakuten Worx Locks CPBL Pitching Title as Playoff Schedule Confirms Intercontinental Opener
PoliticsKMT Caucus Scrutinizes Hualien Reconstruction Entries Inside Rolling Supplementary Review
BusinessTaiwan Banks Tighten Working-Capital Lines as Loan-to-Deposit Ratio Nears 2020 Peak
SportsCTBC Brothers ace Will Rogowski notched his 12th win to seal the second-half title, sending Uni-Lions into a best-of-five challenge series that opens Friday at Taichung Intercontinental with a one-game head start for Brothers.
Rolling debate over a NT$607.6 billion supplemental package should separate Taipower and CPC stabilization lines from cash-handout politics so fuel and welfare top-ups do not share one veto point.
Bank of Taiwan staff at a Zhongzheng district branch halted a 76-year-old customer’s NT$1 million withdrawal after Jieshou police flagged a LINE investment pitch, the latest counter-level block in Taipei’s anti-fraud push.
Taiwan’s major broadcasters are rolling out on-screen AI labels required under National Communications Commission news guidance while the digital ministry’s risk-classification draft awaits cabinet review.
Largan Precision’s Oct. 8 earnings call arrives as brokers model iPhone 17 lens pricing and foreign banks keep TSMC targets above NT$3,300 ahead of the chipmaker’s own briefing.
E.Sun’s DAWHO cash-back card resets its NT$1,000 monthly domestic rebate cap on Oct. 1, a timing cue for cardholders stacking holiday travel and online spending before Double Ten week.
Foreign brokers placed more than 81,000 AUO shares on the buy side Friday while the weighted index closed at a record 48,475.74 ahead of a week crowded with optical and chip earnings calls.
Taiwanese lenders extended a record NT$4 trillion in loans through July, pushing the system loan-to-deposit ratio toward 2020 highs as the central bank meets state-backed banks on SME liquidity.
The CTBC Brothers sold more than 14,000 infield seats for Sunday's home game against the TSGBirds, needing one win at Taichung Intercontinental to clinch the second-half CPBL title.
