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TAIPEI -- Taiwan has announced new rules on locally issued foreign currency-denominated bonds, although analysts say the tighter regulation is unlikely to dampen appetite for these so-called Formosa bonds. [1]

TOKYO -- A Vietnamese joint steel venture led by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group that includes Japan's JFE Holdings will open a second blast furnace this summer, doubling its potential crude output in a steel-hungry region. [2]

Asia300Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot Trump's steel tariffs won't affect industrial conglomerate's $15bn projects Formosa Plastics Group is monitoring and assessing the impact of a trade war if the U.S. (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]

TAIPEI -- China's economic slowdown is the primary threat to petrochemical demand in that country this year, senior executives at Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate, warned Monday. [4]

Trade warFormosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow Bellwether petrochemical group says trade war saps market confidence Formosa Plastics makes raw plastics as well as petrochemical and electronics materials that are used by companies in ... (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Authorities have finally begun to deliberate on the apparent mass poisoning of sea life in open waters and fish farms along Vietnam's coast -- as well as the possibility of the related death of a diver. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

TAIPEI -- The chairman and chief executive of Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's biggest producer of key plastics materials, said on Monday the company is aiming to lower its dependence on the Chinese market and expand into Southeast Asia, due to the economi... [7]

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group on Monday said it expects oil prices to rebound in the second half of 2017 after falling global crude hit its April-June net profit. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-06-15 · 85% match

Taiwan tightens Formosa bond rules as interest rates stay low

TAIPEI -- Taiwan has announced new rules on locally issued foreign currency-denominated bonds, although analysts say the tighter regulation is unlikely to dampen appetite for these so-called Formosa bonds.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-22 · 85% match

Formosa Plastics steel venture in Vietnam set to double capacity

TOKYO -- A Vietnamese joint steel venture led by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group that includes Japan's JFE Holdings will open a second blast furnace this summer, doubling its potential crude output in a steel-hungry region.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-06 · 85% match

Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot

Asia300Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot Trump's steel tariffs won't affect industrial conglomerate's $15bn projects Formosa Plastics Group is monitoring and assessing the impact of a trade war if the U.S.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-11 · 85% match

Formosa Plastics worries China slowdown may dampen demand

TAIPEI -- China's economic slowdown is the primary threat to petrochemical demand in that country this year, senior executives at Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate, warned Monday.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-06 · 85% match

Formosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow

Trade warFormosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow Bellwether petrochemical group says trade war saps market confidence Formosa Plastics makes raw plastics as well as petrochemical and electronics materials that are used by companies in

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-04-28 · 85% match

First death in suspected Formosa Plastics toxic leak

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Authorities have finally begun to deliberate on the apparent mass poisoning of sea life in open waters and fish farms along Vietnam's coast -- as well as the possibility of the related death of a diver.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-04-12 · 85% match

Taiwan's Formosa Plastics aims to lower dependence on China

TAIPEI -- The chairman and chief executive of Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's biggest producer of key plastics materials, said on Monday the company is aiming to lower its dependence on the Chinese market and expand into Southeast Asia, due to the economi

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-10 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics sees oil bottoming out, lowers price target

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group on Monday said it expects oil prices to rebound in the second half of 2017 after falling global crude hit its April-June net profit.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-16 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics shares surge on US plant expansion plans

HONG KONG -- Taiwan's Formosa Plastics rallied on Friday for the first time in four days on expectations that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic policies will benefit the company's planned expansion of a U.S. plant.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-07 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics exec says oil rally may peak at $55

BusinessFormosa Plastics exec says oil rally may peak at $55 'Hot money' will flee if output cuts aren't sustained, says head of Taiwan giant Executives at Taiwan's Formosa Plastics warn that 2017 could be a bumpy one, citing China's slowdown.

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