E*EZ NEWS SEPTEMBER 18 , 2024
E*Tai-Ex Opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 36-points this morning from Monday's close, at 21,813
on turnover of 4.5-billion N-T.
The market was closed yesterday for the Mid-Autumn Festival
holiday - but
ended the trading day moderately higher on Monday, despite turnover dipping
to an over seven-month low.
Large-cap tech stocks largely moved in a narrow range throughout the session
due to a lull in investor interest, but buying rotated to the old economy
sector, helping the broader market end above the previous closing bell.
E*NDC to Open Start-Up Innovation Hub in Tokyo
The National Development Council is scheduled to open an overseas innovation
hub 創新中心 in Tokyo today.
The move is part of the government's efforts to boost exchanges between
innovation start-ups, enterprises and investment institutions in Taiwan and
Japan.
N-D-C head Paul Liu says the hub is expected to serve as a regular bilateral
platform for comprehensive exchanges between Taiwan and Japan, paving the
way for greater substantive business cooperation.
Liu also says the N-D-C is also planning to set up similar platforms in the
Untied States and Southeast Asia.
E*MOI Holding Plane Crash and Earthquake Drills Today
The Ministry of the Interior is holding separate plane crash and earthquake
drills today as part of a three-day national exercise to mark the annual
National Disaster Prevention Day.
According to the ministry, more than 1,300 people, including the public,
central and local government officials, and Japanese N-G-O staff, are
participating in the drills.
The plane crash drill will simulate 假裝 a plane crash following a typhoon
and will take place in Penghu, while the earthquake drill will simulate a
magnitude 7.3 earthquake striking Chiayi County's Zhuqi Township.
E*Hezbollah pagers
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000
Taiwan-made pagers ordered by the Lebanese group Hezbollah… months before
Tuesday's detonations 霹靂.
That's according to a senior Lebanese security source and another source
cited by the Reuters News Agency.
The details shed light on an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw
thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding
nearly 3,000 others, including the group's fighters and Iran's envoy to
Beirut.
E*North Korea tests two ballistic missiles
Japan’s military reports that North Korea had test-fired two ballistic
missiles.
It happened on Wednesday at a time when tensions with Washington and
neighbors are escalating.
The launches came days after North Korea showcased a secretive uranium
enrichment 鈾濃縮 facility.
Japan’s Defense Ministry didn’t provide details about the missiles,
including their type and range.
Japan’s coast guard said the missiles had likely fallen into waters between
the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Subject: E*Republicans shoot down IVF protection bill
U-S Senate Republicans have blocked a bill that would offer new protections
for in vitro fertilization 體外受精.
It's the second time Democrats have tried - and failed - to get the measure
passed.
Ed Donahue reports.
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E*Instagram introduces stricter rules for teens
Social media platform, Instagram, will automatically make teenagers' accounts
private and give parents more control, under revamped 改造過的 rules.
It's the company's most significant move yet to manage how minors use
Instagram as congress seeks to impose regulations on the industry.
Kate Fisher reports.
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