RAMIFICATIONS: Analysts said the TAIEX could lose 100 points today on the back of plummeting equity prices, although they added the impact would not last too long
By Amber Chung
The local stock market is unlikely to escape the consequences of a slump in equities worldwide triggered by tumbling Chinese stocks two days ago, analysts said yesterday, predicting a selloff today.

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BUILT ON LIQUIDITY: Market watchers said that optimism for better cross-strait ties was the basis for the current solid growth in the local property market
The Taiwanese property market has boomed for almost three years and looks set to continue over the short term, but analysts are now warning the bubble could burst if cross-strait ties fail to deliver anticipated returns.

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By Jackie Lin
UK-based Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, the world's fourth-largest tobacco company, plans to invest NT$2.8 billion (US$85 million) to build a factory in Miaoli County, making the company the first foreign tobacco firm to have a plant in Taiwan.

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WEB 2.0: The merger and acquisition binge has finally reached Taiwan, as last month's acquisition of blog portal service Wretch Co by Yahoo-Kimo Inc illustrates
By Jessie Ho
In recent years, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the Internet industry have become frequent and high-profile affairs, with "Web 2.0" service providers being the most-watched targets of the trend. Yahoo's purchase of photo-sharing site Flickr in March 2005 and Google's buyout of the popular video sharing site YouTube in October last year have created a huge media buzz.

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Thanks to a brisk Chinese economy and anticipated direct charter flights across the Taiwan Strait, growth in Taiwan's executive air travel market is very much in sight, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) officials forecast yesterday.

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The total production value of the nation's solar cell industry is estimated to reach NT$20 billion (US$605 million) to NT$25 billion by 2010, a four-fold expansion compared with the present value, academic sources said yesterday.

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CMA CGM SA, the world's third-largest container shipping line, offered to buy Cheng Lie Navigation Co (正利航業) for as much as NT$5.25 billion (US$159 million), as it seeks to tap into Asia's fast-growing demand for sea freight.

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