Chinese Writer Fined For Violating Immigration Law
Submitted by Elina Needham on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 09:14Xiao Hongci, a visiting Chinese writer was a Wall Street financier before he devoted himself to the folk medicine. But recently, he had to face the wrath of multiple fines after he was found guilty by the Taipei City government Department of Labor of violating Taiwan's employment law, medical treatment law and immigration law.
HTC Triples Earnings and Expects Continued Growth
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 13:17Taiwan’s HTC Corp almost tripled their first-quarter earnings because of a strong demand for handsets, especially those that run on Android. The company reported on Friday that its profits were T$14.83 billion, when the forecast for profits was only T$12.99 billion.
Regular Shopping Makes You Live Longer, Says Study
Submitted by Prakash Sharma on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 08:42Shopping can extend your life! As per a recent study, regular shopping can boost the survival rate in men as compared to their female counterparts.
Shopping Increases the Lifespan: Study
Submitted by Medha Sood on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 19:27A new study suggests that shopping could help you live longer and it also helps in improving health. Shopping increases the lifespan of people, and it can lift the spirit of all ages.
Scientists revealed that people who have some physical and mental health problems, but they shop daily lived longer than those who did not shop.
Taiwan Worries as Autism Spread Its Clutches
Submitted by Prakash Sharma on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 09:56Autism is taking its toll all across the globe. Not a single nation is untouched with the clamor triggered by this disorder.
Autism is a spectrum disorder in which, the neural development of the person is hindered. An autistic person finds it difficult to adjust in the society normally and exhibits impairment in the social interaction and the communication skills.
An Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Taiwan Leads to Ban on Meat Trade
Submitted by Ria Patel on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 11:55As stated by the Council of Agriculture, nearly 1,000 pigs were spotted with blisters in their mouth at the County’s meat market on Tuesday. This is probably known as a symptom of foot-and-mouth disease. Therefore to put a control, all these pigs have been culled in the offshore county of Penghu.
Taiwanese officials warn of Poker Cards with dangerous materials
Submitted by Amit Pathania on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 16:38Taiwanese officials have warned that they have found Poker Cards with dangerous levels of chemical that could be hazardous to the health of the people using them.
Taiwan Reports the First Gene That Make Bacteria Antibiotic Resistant
Submitted by Ria Patel on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 15:09On Friday, the Taiwan the Centre for Disease Control Centre found that a 56-year-old Taiwanese man was infected with a gene known as NDM-1 which makes bacteria to resist most of the antibiotics. The man was operated for a kidney transplant at a hospital in Jiangxi Province in Eastern China.
Federal authorities portray Primary Global as a ‘hub’ of inside information
Submitted by Ingela Maledevic on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 06:46Federal authorities have recently been portraying the 2003-launched Primary Global Research (PGR) - which has over the years earned repute among hedge funds for connecting investors with technology-industry experts – as a ‘hub’ of inside information.
Incense can Risk Children to Asthma: Study
Submitted by Jonathan Sanders on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 11:23A recently conducted study by researchers in Taiwan has reported that children who are exposed to burning incense on a regular basis at home are at an increased risk of developing asthma. The experts have further opined that a particular gene in people is responsible for the condition.












