OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOKS: A senior airline official said falling fuel prices would help the company's bottom line next year, which will also be boosted by new flights to Mumbai
By Jessie Ho
EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空), the nation's second-largest carrier, said it may remain in the red this year, despite falling fuel prices.

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JOB SECURITY: Union leaders at three banks said they have given their managements until the end of the month to meet workers' demands
By Amber Chung
The financial sector may see its first joint strike next month, as several bank labor unions are threatening to take job action if management does not act on their appeals by the end of this month.

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By Jackie Lin
Shopping for east coast specialties or agricultural produce can be just a mouse click away now that the Ilan County Government has launched an online supermarket to showcase a wide array of products from its 10 township farmers' associations.

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By Jason Tan
Eyeing the deep pockets of younger people, Sony Corp yesterday announced the debut of a new laptop series priced at a "comfortable price point."

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By Jessie Ho
The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) has announced a new measure to encourage the use of idle state-owned land and boost private investment.

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By Lisa Wang
Shipments by Taiwanese mobile phone makers are expected to fall by 5 percent amid weakening demand from emerging markets and rising competition from electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers, a Taipei-based research house said yesterday.

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SAFER ACCESS: The firm offering financial services to individual US investors says that Taiwanese shares offer a degree of security that Chinese stocks cannot
Global investors can buy shares in Taiwan to tap China's explosive growth because of Taiwan's safer regulatory environment, said an analyst with The Motley Fool, a US financial services company.

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The US-Taiwan Business Council expressed support on Tuesday for Taiwan's plans to approve more applications by Taiwanese chipmakers to move 8-inch wafer fabs to China and to allow the use of 0.18-micron manufacturing technology in China.

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■ Stock rise tempered
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