Due to concerns on Wall Street that a US interest rate hike is around the corner, the US’s four main stock market indexes closed down slightly today. The publication of third-quarter results and global stock markets adopting a wait-and-see attitude caused trade volumes to fall on the TAIEX, although a late rally caused the TAIEX to close slightly up. Traders believe Taiwan’s economy will pick up between fourth-quarter this year and the beginning of next year, with PC and car manufacturers expected to come out on top.
The TAIEX rose 46.36 points, finishing up at 9,222.58 points at close of trading. Transaction volumes totalled NT$62.497billion.
European and US stock markets appeared circumspect and jittery today, one after the other closing slightly down. The losses were caused by markets closely following this week’s release of financial reports for companies traded on US stock exchanges, while markets also showed concern over the fiscal policies of individual EU member states prior to a meeting of the European Central Bank later this week.
Photo: Lin Cheng-gun, Liberty Times
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This article was first published on Oct. 18
(CNA, translated by Edward Jones)
美股擔憂升息腳步加快,四大指數收小黑。台股也面臨第三季財報和國際股市觀望影響,今天量縮拉尾盤小漲,法人表示,第四季到明年初景氣轉好,可能換PC、汽車族群當家。
台股終場上漲四十六點三六點,以九千兩百二十二點五八點做收,成交值新台幣六百二十四億九千七百萬元。
今早收盤的歐美股市因市場關注歐洲央行本週開會前的各國央行政策,以及美股電子財報週的影響,呈現觀望震盪走勢,紛紛小跌作收。
本文已於十月十八日刊登
(中央社)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
It’s another school day with the same ritual. You wake up to your smartphone’s alarm, scroll through messages during your commute, and listen to your favorite playlist with your wireless earbuds between classes. These devices, integrated smoothly into your daily routine, certainly make life more convenient. However, where do these devices end up after you replace them? In fact, the issue of electronic waste is a growing global concern. According to the United Nations, in 2019 alone, we generated an astonishing 53.6 million tons of e-waste—an average of 7.3kg per person. Projections hint at the figure soaring to 110