TEMPTATION: If not handled properly, an overly aggressive expansion by lenders into the housing mortgage sector could very likely turn into a financial headache
By Amber Chung
The aggressive expansion of local banks has turned the rapidly ballooning housing mortgage segment into the next risk area for the nation's troubled banking sector, Macquarie Research said.

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By Jackie Lin
Idee Department Store (衣蝶百貨), an affiliate of the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group (力霸亞太企業集團), is in talks with potential buyers for its money-losing Taichung branch, a company executive said yesterday.

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FEELING THE PAIN: Analysts say that the constant increase in the price of global raw materials could push the nation's inflation rate to 1.2 percent this year and 1.7 next year
By Amber Chung
To keep economic growth on track, the central bank could raise its key interest rates again in the second half of the year on looming inflation risk driven by rising prices of raw material, Standard Chartered Bank said.

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By Jackie Lin
Facing a continuing increase in the price of raw materials, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the nation's No.2 fast-food chain, has announced it will raise prices for some of its popular products starting on Wednesday.

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By Jason Tan
Thanks to increasing orders from Japanese digital camera makers such as Sony Corp, Taiwanese contract digital camera makers are set to make a bigger place for themselves in the global production chain.

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