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Sports lotto moves forward

The Ministry of Finance is expected to select the issuing bank for the much-anticipated sports lottery by Sept. 10, while the lotto operations should be launched by April 15 next year, it said in a press statement yesterday. Only local lenders are qualified to submit application, which they must do between July 23 and 31, it said.

Four financial institutions have expressed interest: Chinatrust Commercial Bank (中國信託商銀), Taipei Fubon Bank (台北富邦銀行), Taishin International Bank (台新銀行) and Bank of Kaohsiung (高雄銀行).

ITRI to recruit in US

A delegation organized by the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is set to head to the US next month for recruitment in six major disciplines, ITRI sources reported on Thursday.

The group will hold two separate sessions of the "ITRI Forum 2007 and Career Fair" -- one in New Jersey on June 9 and the other in Silicon Valley, California on June 14.

According to the ITRI, the focus areas of this year's recruitment drive are "information and communications," "advanced manufacturing and systems," "material, chemical and nanotechnologies," "biomedical technologies," "electronics and optoelectronics," and "energy and environment."

NT dollar falls

The New Taiwan dollar fell from a nearly three-month high on Thursday to close NT$0.04 lower at NT$33.019.

Turnover was US$1.139 billion on the Taiwan Forex Inc.


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