BUSINESS
Huang ‘smartest CEO’: site
Web site Visual Capitalist has listed Taiwan-born Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) as the US’ “smartest CEO” out of 100 CEOs. A Frontiers in Psychology study featured in a Visual Capitalist report suggested that people who use more complex sentence structures tend to perform better in uncertain decisionmaking scenarios. The Visual Capitalist collaborated with Preply to run a generated analysis of speeches conducted by 100 CEOs, as well as 26 additional high-ranking executives. The CEOs were ranked based on verbal ability, abstract and conceptual thinking, creativity, memory and recall, and logical reasoning, the report said. Huang topped the list with a score of 81.3, followed by Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, scoring 80.9, and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis with 80.8.
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WEATHER
Warm weather expected
Warm weather is expected to continue on Tuesday, before a seasonal northeasterly wind system sets in on Wednesday, which would cause temperatures to drop 5°C to 6°C, particularly in Taichung and the rest of central Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Daytime temperatures yesterday ranged from 31°C to 33°C in the west, and 28°C to 29°C in eastern Taiwan, and reached 35°C in the south, the CWA said. The CWA urged the public to take precautions to avoid sunburn and drink sufficient water to prevent dehydration. Independent meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said the weather is expected to get warmer tomorrow and on Tuesday, and reach 35°C in most of Taiwan.
SOCIETY
Fight leaves man blind
A violent altercation between two neighbors in New Taipei City left one man permanently blind after his eyeballs were dislodged, police said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Chien (簡), turned himself in at about 9am on Thursday after a fight with his neighbor, a man surnamed Lien (連), the New Taipei City Police Department’s Ruifang Precinct said. Chien told officers he hit Lien in the head with a brick after a verbal argument escalated. Police went to the scene and found Lien lying injured, having sustained a head trauma, facial injuries, swollen eyes and a chin wound. Doctors later discovered that Lien’s eyeballs were missing. Police returned to the scene and recovered the eyeballs, but they could not be saved, leaving Lien permanently blind. Investigators said that during the altercation, Lien reportedly bit Chien’s arm and refused to let go. To break free, Chien jabbed at Lien’s face, causing the severe eye injuries. Chien was handed over to the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office for further investigation on suspicion of attempted murder. He was released on NT$120,000 bail after questioning.
TRADE
Taobao scrutiny urged
Lawmakers on Wednesday called for tighter oversight of Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao following the US’ decision to scrap tax exemptions for low-value imports from China as part of its efforts to address trade imbalances. Democratic Progressive Party legislators asked whether Taiwan’s policy — which allows up to six tax-exempt low-value shipments of up to NT$2,000 every six months — is overly lenient. Minister of Finance Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) said the ministry is carefully reviewing the tax exemption system for small parcels to prevent any unfair impact on local industries.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is to launch a new program to encourage international students to stay in Taiwan and explore job opportunities here after graduation, Deputy Minister of Education Yeh Ping-cheng (葉丙成) said on Friday. The government would provide full scholarships for international students to further their studies for two years in Taiwan, so those who want to pursue a master’s degree can consider applying for the program, he said. The fields included are science, technology, engineering, mathematics, semiconductors and finance, Yeh added. The program, called “Intense 2+2,” would also assist international students who completed the two years of further studies in
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) departed for Europe on Friday night, with planned stops in Lithuania and Denmark. Tsai arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Friday night, but did not speak to reporters before departing. Tsai wrote on social media later that the purpose of the trip was to reaffirm the commitment of Taiwanese to working with democratic allies to promote regional security and stability, upholding freedom and democracy, and defending their homeland. She also expressed hope that through joint efforts, Taiwan and Europe would continue to be partners building up economic resilience on the global stage. The former president was to first
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday called for greater cooperation between Taiwan, Lithuania and the EU to counter threats to information security, including attacks on undersea cables and other critical infrastructure. In a speech at Vilnius University in the Lithuanian capital, Tsai highlighted recent incidents in which vital undersea cables — essential for cross-border data transmission — were severed in the Taiwan Strait and the Baltic Sea over the past year. Taiwanese authorities suspect Chinese sabotage in the incidents near Taiwan’s waters, while EU leaders have said Russia is the likely culprit behind similar breaches in the Baltic. “Taiwan and our European
The Taipei District Court sentenced babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) to life and 18 years in prison respectively today for causing the death of a one-year-old boy in December 2023. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Liu Tsai-hsuan was entrusted with the care of a one-year-old boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), in August 2023 by the Child Welfare League Foundation. From Sept. 1 to Dec. 23 that year, she and her sister Liu Jou-lin allegedly committed acts of abuse against the boy, who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries on Dec. 24, 2023, but did not
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