Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 513-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
20,344 on turnover of 13.7-billion N-T.
The market plunged 1,807-points on Monday, as the main board recorded its
biggest points and percentage decline in history.
The fall came as the bellwether electronics sector and artificial
intelligence development-related stocks all tumbled,
This comes amid reports of economic weakness in the U-S and heightened
geopolitical (地緣政治的) tensions.
There's speculation the Cabinet could now seek to use to the National
Financial Stabilization Fund to support the stock market following the sharp
decline.
NCC to Mediate Copyright Fee Dispute Between Homeplus and Yong Xin
The National Communications Commission has announced that it will mediate
(調解) a dispute over copyright fees between cable TV provider Homeplus
Digital and Yong Xin Multimedia - the Taiwanese agent for several well-known
foreign channels.
The statement comes after Yong Xin notified Homeplus of its plan to stop
transmitting 12 channels on August 16, after negotiations on copyright fees
with the cable TV operator brokedown.
Those channels include HBO, Animax, Cinemax, CNN and the Cartoon Network.
Homeplus has just over 1-million subscribers and accounts for 22-per cent
Taiwan cable TV market.
Taiwan Promotes India Ties
And,
Taiwan's representative to India has presented scholarships to more than 100
Indian students.
He expressed his hope that they will become an "important bridge" between the
two countries.
Representative Baushuan Ger presented scholarship certificates to local
students at a ceremony hosted by the New Delhi-based Taipei Economic and
Cultural Center in India.
According to Ger, more than 40 students were awarded Taiwan Scholarships,
which fund (資助) university-level study, while more than 90 others received
Chinese-language Huayu Enrichment Scholarships.
US Harris to Announce VP Pick Today
US Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is expected to announce her vice
presidential pick on Tuesday morning, ahead of the pair's first campaign
rally in Philadelphia.
Harris has reportedly cut her pool of possible running mates (競選夥伴) down
to just two.
As Nick Harper reports from Washington.
Venezuela AttorneyGeneral Investigating Gonzalez
Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced a criminal investigation against
the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and its leader
Maria Corina Machado.
The attorney general says the case is related to their call on the armed
forces to abandon their support for President Nicolas Maduro and to stop
repressing (鎮壓) demonstrators.
The statement tied the investigation directly to a written appeal the two
members of the opposition sent hours earlier about Maduro and the
demonstrators who have come out in force to defend their votes in the July 28
election.
The attorney general says the duo “falsely announced a winner of the
presidential election other than the one proclaimed by the National Electoral
Council" and they openly incited (煽動) “police and military officials to
disobey the laws.”
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