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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Consumer Price Index and food prices show large rise in January]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Consumer prices and in particular food prices rose at the highest pace in about three years, reports said Tuesday.
	Statistics released by]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 02:53 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. dollar closes lower on Taipei forex]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA)  The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan   dollar Tuesday, shedding NT$0.03 to close at]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 04:20 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan shares move higher; gains limited by Greek debt concerns]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) Taiwan share prices staged a mild rebound  Tuesday from a retreat in the previous session, but]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 04:08 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toyota sales up full-year profit forecast 11%]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. increased its profit forecast 11 percent as rebounding sales in the U.S. help Japanese carmakers emerge from a year injured by natural]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 03:22 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Gobby Wang<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toyota lifts profit forecast as disaster woes fade]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toyota's quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent on production setbacks caused by last year's tsunami disaster and the flooding in Thailand, but Japan's top automaker raised]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 02:10 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By YURI KAGEYAMA<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan shares close up 0.25%]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) Taiwan share prices closed up 19.46 points or  0.25 percent at 7,707.44 Tuesday on turnover of]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 01:49 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan gold mine workers go on strike]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The operator of the largest gold mine in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan says workers have gone on strike in a demand for additional]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834632]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 01:39 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toyota raises profit forecast on disaster recovery]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toyota is reporting that quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent but is confident enough in a recovery to raise its forecast for annual profit.
Toyota Motor Corp.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834630]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 01:38 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Singapore visitors rise to record 13 million]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Singapore's tourism authority says a record number of visitors came to the city-state last year.
The Tourism Board said Tuesday that visitor arrivals rose to 13.2]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834629]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 01:34 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil hovers below $97 as traders eye US supplies]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Oil prices hovered below $97 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid trader concern U.S. crude supplies will continue to rise because of weak demand.
Benchmark crude]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834599]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:55 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By ALEX KENNEDY<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Canada's Harper in China visit focused on energy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties.
Harper is due to arrive Tuesday and will meet with]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834578]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:28 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greek PM Lucas Papademos to discuss with party chiefs about details for further cuts]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos stated today, he plans to discuss with the nation’s political leaders about the implementation of additional fiscal measures needed to]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834525]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:24 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Gobby Wang<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shares of HTC under heavy pressure on gloomy Q1 forecast]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) Shares of HTC Corp., one of the world's  leading smartphone vendors, came under heavy pressure Tuesday]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834518]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:08 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMF: Pakistan must cut budget deficit to shield “highly vulnerable” economy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund announced that Pakistan must stem risks to a “highly vulnerable” economy including inflation projected at 12 percent, a widening budget deficit and]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834502]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:02 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Gobby Wang<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sohu.com shares tumble on 1Q outlook]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Chinese portal Sohu.com says its quarterly profit declined 40 percent and the company's U.S.-traded shares tumbled after it issued a first-quarter outlook that was below]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834555]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:48 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia stocks fall as Greek debt talks drag on]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as talks dragged on to resolve a massive debt mess in Greece before it explodes into a wider financial crisis.
Benchmark]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834552]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:43 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By PAMELA SAMPSON<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Euro markets rebound as investors back Draghi-Merkel steps]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Investors are buying what Mario Draghi and Angela Merkel are selling.
Bloomberg indexes of Europe’s banks and financial conditions are the highest since August, and money-market]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Bloomberg,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cameron faith in ratings hurts pound, growth]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The spending cuts that helped the U.K. preserve its AAA credit rating last year and
bolstered the pound are now weighing on the currency as investors]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834467]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greek leaders agree on a rescue framework]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos struck a tentative deal with political parties on austerity measures demanded by international creditors as European leaders maintained pressure to]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834466]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BEIJING 
China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834465]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil near $97 amid signs U.S. economy improving]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE
Oil prices fell slightly to near $97 a barrel Monday in Asia despite signs U.S. economic growth is improving.
Benchmark crude for March delivery was down]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834461]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asian stocks rise after U.S. unemployment falls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK 
Asian stock markets climbed Monday after U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world’s No. 1]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834460]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[AUO wins solar power project in Pennsylvania]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), the  world's No. 4 LCD maker, said Tuesday that it will]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834481]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:22 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Windfall tax not in the cards: new finance minister]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Christina Liu said yesterday it is premature to look into whether to levy a hotly debated windfall income tax.
Liu’s remarks came amid media]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834420]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Local vaccine manufacturer to be listed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Adimmune Corp., a local vaccine manufacturer, could be listed on the stock market in March at the earliest, a company official said yesterday.
Adimmune Chairman Chan]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan smartphone maker HTC 4Q profits fall 26 pct]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. reported Monday a 26 percent drop in profits in the final quarter of last year as the weak global economy]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834413]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan exports more to China, invests less in 2011]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, Taiwan enjoyed a trade surplus with mainland China in 2011, while Taiwanese investment on the opposite side of the]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834412]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan’s new task forces to tackle Euro debt crisis, beef row]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cabinet will form two new task forces to deal with the impact of the European debt crisis and resolve the ongoing row over the]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834408]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[China risks 4-point growth-rate cut if Europe worsens]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[China’s economic expansion would be cut almost in half if Europe’s debt crisis worsens, a scenario that would warrant “significant” fiscal]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834404]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Bloomberg,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. dollar down in early Taipei trading]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$29.584 at  9:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange,]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834430]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:32 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia stocks muted as Greek debt talks drag on]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Asian stock markets were muted Tuesday as talks dragged on to resolve a massive debt mess in Greece before it explodes into a wider financial]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834425]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 09:24 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By PAMELA SAMPSON<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan shares open little changed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened  little changed Tuesday from its previous close, moving down]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834393]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 09:13 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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