RISING: Chinatrust Financial said yesterday that it had completed its takeover of Enterprise Bank of Hualien, which will help increase its number of branches to 142
By Lisa Wang
Yuanta Financial Holdings Co (元大金控), the nation's fifth-largest financial service provider by assets, yesterday said it is in talks with Japanese and Korean companies on forging international alliances in the brokerage business.

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FAMILY AFFAIR: In a filing, the bank said new shares had been subscribed to by affiliated companies linked to members of the board and major shareholders
By Kevin Chen
The Union Bank of Taiwan (聯邦銀行) announced yesterday it had completed a plan to raise NT$4 billion (US$121 million) in funding, a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange showed.

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The US Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would consider a technology patent case that could have far-reaching ramifications for computer makers and other industries with global supply chains.

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By Kevin Chen
With the high-speed railway cutting into its passenger load, TransAsia Airways Corp (復興航空) announced yesterday that it would start offering a 50 percent discount for travel between Taipei and Kaohsiung beginning today.

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Chang Chieh-wen (張潔文), a commissioner at the National Civil Service Institute's Mid-Island Campus, yesterday became the 10 millionth passenger to use the high speed rail, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC, 台灣高鐵) said.

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NO DIVIDENDS: Northern Rock shares bounced up on word of a possible takeover. Meanwhile, the board has canceled shareholder dividends originally set for Oct. 26
Northern Rock shares rebounded yesterday after the troubled British bank revealed late on Tuesday that it had been approached by several unnamed parties with a view to a possible takeover.

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DOUBLING UP: The merger will become effective Dec. 1. The two ventures focus on screens for mobile-phone handsets, with a combined production capacity of 65,000
Sony Corp, the world's second-biggest maker of consumer electronics, said it will combine two liquid-crystal display ventures that the company set up with an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp.

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Shares closed 1.67 percent higher yesterday ahead of the expiry of futures contracts later in the week, dealers said.

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Bonds fall, NT dollar rises

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