About this episode
Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 113-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
32,725 on turnover of 8.2-billion N-T.
The market bucked a regional upturn on Tuesday - after giving up initial
gains as investors rushed to take profits and opted to ignore comments by U-S
President Donald Trump that talks with Iran are underway.
MOFA thanks US senators for marking Taiwan election anniversary
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been thanking a bipartisan group of U-S
senators for introducing a resolution commending (讚揚) Taiwan on the 30th
anniversary of its first direct presidential election.
The resolution was proposed by senators Tammy Duckworth, Tim Kaine and John
Curtis.
The resolution commemorated Taiwan's first direct presidential election on
March 23, 1996, and praised Taiwan for setting an example of self-governance
for the Pacific region and beyond.
The foreign ministry says it welcomes the international community to continue
supporting democratic Taiwan with concrete actions, and that it will continue
working with the U-S and democracies worldwide to promote regional peace,
stability and prosperity.
Asustek warning that PC prices are expected to rise by 25-30% in Q2
And,
Asustek Computer is warning that P-C prices here in Taiwan are expected to
rise by between 25 and 30-per cent in the second quarter of the year.
The technology company is attributing (歸因) the price hikes to a sharp rise
in the cost of components, especially memory chips.
According to Asus Technology, P-C brands faced higher costs in the first
quarter, and prices will continue to rise in the second quarter due to a
global supply shortage of dynamic random access memory chips and solid state
drive hard disks.
Reports says that retail prices for P-Cs sold by leading brands rose by
between 10 and 15-per cent in the first quarter.
NTSB: Air Traffic controls doing the job of multiple people on night of deadly LaGuardia crash
A preliminary investigation into the deadly Air Canada crash at New York
City's LaGuardia Airport has found that the air traffic controllers on duty
were doing the job of multiple people.
But the head of the National Transportation Safety Board cautioned against
"pointing fingers" (指責，互相怪罪) saying many things must have gone wrong.
Toni Waterman has the details
Brazil Bolsonar to Serve Sentence at Home for Health
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