TAIWAN: CLOSING WRAP, 03Jun2013

TWSE dragged down by PMI; Acer and Asustek at Computex; Ex-pres attempted suicide; Nuke 4 not near fault line?; HTC hopium; Here’s what you missed today.

Taiwan ex-pres attempts suicide

 

Strange given he applied for DPP reinstatement only just recently.

SCMP

HONG KONG: WEEK IN REVIEW, 11May2013

HONG KONG: CLOSING WRAP, 09May2013

Occupy a jail cell

Watch out civil disobedience carries a price in HK.

South China Morning Post

Senior AUO exec heading to US prison

From  Want China Times:

Taiwanese flat panel maker AU Optronics said Tuesday that its business will not be affected by the sentencing of one of its executives for participating in a price-fixing conspiracy for certain liquid crystal displays.

CHINA: CLOSING WRAP, 26Apr2013

1,400 lenders to SMEs in China jailed

From Straits Times:

A Chinese police official says authorities have sentenced more than 1,400 people to prison terms of at least five years in a crackdown on underground lending.

Informal lending by private individuals provides capital needed by many Chinese entrepreneurs.

TAIWAN: BEFORE THE OPEN

1. Visa priority to be given to rich Chinese
2. 3 year jail sentence for ex-naval officer spy
3. Far EasTone to expand cloud computing service
4. Feb DRAM prices jump 14%
5. Poll: Chinese students in Taiwan approve of democracy
6. TPK will capture 20% market share in touch notebooks says Chairman
7. Govnt boosting measures unveiled for IPOs
8. Global LED sector expected to grow 12%