OPTIMISTIC: An official said NXP Semiconductors would lead peers in supplying TDSCDMA chips for phones that let users access content about the 2008 Olympic Games
By Lisa Wang
NXP Semiconductors, the world's 10th largest chipmaker, said yesterday China Mobile Communications Corp (中國移動) planned to purchase handset chips from NXP to sell 3 million to 5 million 3G handsets this year.

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LOOKING TO RENT: Chinese real-estate tycoon Feng Lun is hoping to turn 2,000 ping of space into offices at Taipei 101, but a deal is awaiting government approval
By Joyce Huang
Taipei's simmering property market is attracting foreign attention, with US real-estate tycoon Donald Trump and Beijing Vantone Industrial Co (北京萬通實業) looking to enter the market.

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By Jerry Lin
More than 200 customers have requested ticket refunds from EZfly.com (易飛網), an online travel agency backed by the debt-ridden Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT, 遠東航空), after the agency announced on Thursday night that it would stop selling FAT tickets, a company executive said yesterday.

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The Taipei Computer Association (TCA, 台北市電腦公會) yesterday presented a petition to presidential candidates Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), urging them to allow more foreigners to enter the workforce.

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By Judy Lin
The central bank yesterday said it would shuffle its top-ranking officials after the retirement of Deputy Governor Hsu Yi-hsiung (徐義雄).

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CHALLENGE: Rising prices for energy, materials and labor in China mean lower-cost markets such as Vietnam, Indonesia and India are poised to cash in
The teddy bears selling for US$1.40 in Shanghai's IKEA store may be just about the cheapest in town, but they're not made in China -- they're stitched and stuffed in Indonesia.

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Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga sounded a cautious note yesterday toward creating a sovereign wealth fund, saying that aggressive investment was risky.

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Taiwanese shares close up

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