RISING TREND: Taiwan has one of the highest market penetration rates for cord blood saving, which could nearly double in two years to 15 percent, a domestic firm projected
By Felix Hong
Despite a low birth rate and forecasts of slower economic growth this year, the nation's two major cord blood banks are optimistic about prospects this year.

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TOO EARLY: Analysts urge caution as it would be hard to gauge the impact of allowing local banks to invest in Chinese banks in the short term
By Judy Lin, Shih Hsiu-chuan and Kevin Chen
Financial shares jumped yesterday on speculation that the government would ease rules on local banks investing in China ahead of the presidential elections in March, but analysts warned that it was too early to celebrate even if the news were true.

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By Lisa Wang
Computex, the world's second-largest computer trade show is expected to attract about 1,500 electronic companies in June, up 13 percent from last year, the event's organizers said yesterday.

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By Shelley Shan
The container handling volume at Kaohsiung Port reached a total of 10.26 million twenty-feet equivalent units (TEU) last year, a 4.9 percent increase from the volume in 2006, Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau said yesterday.

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By Kevin Chen
With caution reigning in the market ahead of Saturday's legislative elections, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said yesterday that the poll offered an "opportunity" to create a legislature that would focus more on the nation's fiscal and economic problems rather than politics.

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COSTLY POLICY: Taiwanese businesspeople in China are thinking about moving elsewhere after a new law makes it harder to force employees to work overtime
Taiwanese business executives based in China said yesterday that a new Chinese labor law was adding significantly to their cost of doing business, causing some to consider moving their operations.

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By Jerry Lin
China-based Taiwanese enterprises' capital increase by retained earnings has seen a significant rise since the second half of last year because of the Unified Taxation System that went into effect on Jan. 1 in China, a specialist of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' (MOEA) Investment Commission (投審會) said yesterday.

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After taking the Internet by storm, YouTube will soon be on TV.

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High Tech Computer Corp (HTC, 宏達電), the world's largest maker of handsets using Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system, jumped by the daily limit in Taipei trading yesterday after reporting profits that exceeded analysts' estimates.

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TAIEX rises 1.01 percent

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