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TAIEX Camps Below 50,000 as Holiday Week Brings Ballots, Bird Flu and Baseball
Wednesday’s Taiwan edition tracks foreign selling at the index gate, Taipei’s tightening mayor race, a level-one H5N6 command, CPBL playoffs, and National Day screen time.
StocksPassive Component Rally Outpaces TSMC as Benchmark Stalls Under 50,000 Handle
Foreign funds sold more than NT$130 billion on Oct. 7 while MLCC and optical names led gains, leaving the TAIEX 194 points shy of the 50,000 milestone before the National Day break.
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PoliticsStorm Media: KMT Concedes Puma Shen Surge Forces Chiang All-Out Campaign
ScienceCabinet Activates Level-One H5N6 Command as Cull Compensation Debate Widens
SportsBrothers-Lions CPBL Challenge Series Starts Thursday With One-Win Head Start
BusinessCoWoS Broker Notes Clamp TSMC Earnings Wagers Ahead of Q3 Call
OpinionEditorial: Taipei Yang Wave Needs Ballot Structure, Not Meme Momentum
SecurityRapid7 Flags AVERAT Linux Implant Masquerading as ShareTech on Edge Gear
AICybersecurity Institute Will Use Agentic AI Red Teams in Next Government Drill
EntertainmentSinners Holiday Bow Pits Anne Hathaway Thriller Against Resident Evil Juggernaut
HealthMOHW Clinic Generative-AI Rules Take Effect as Hospitals Draft Consent Forms
TechnologyDefense Ministry Opens Long-Term U.S. Policy Liaison Posts Under NT70 Million Review
Credit CardsTaishin Richart Lists ChatGPT Merchants in Double-Ten Points Push
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Defense Ministry Opens Long-Term U.S. Policy Liaison Posts Under NT70 Million Review
Taipei is funding a multi-year joint defense assessment with Washington that could station U.S. policy liaisons at the Ministry of National Defense, complementing recent F-16 deliveries.
Taishin Richart Lists ChatGPT Merchants in Double-Ten Points Push
Taishin Bank is bundling ChatGPT, Notion and other AI subscriptions into its Richart points program for October web sales, while rival issuers tighten login caps on holiday promotions.
Sinners Holiday Bow Pits Anne Hathaway Thriller Against Resident Evil Juggernaut
Sony’s Anne Hathaway thriller Sinners opens on Taiwan’s National Day holiday weekend as Resident Evil: Night of the Outbreak crosses NT$110 million in local ticket sales.
MOHW Clinic Generative-AI Rules Take Effect as Hospitals Draft Consent Forms
Hospitals across Taiwan are rewriting patient consent forms to comply with health ministry generative-AI guidelines as clinics pilot documentation assistants under new governance rules.