Few Taipei, New Taipei City diners amid outbreak
Staff writer, with CNA
Restaurants in Taipei and New Taipei City have seen a decline in business since the COVID-19 alert for the two cities was raised to level 3 on Saturday due to a spike in domestic cases, data from a point of sale (POS) system showed yesterday.
The trading volume and revenue of about 2,900 restaurants in Taipei and New Taipei City have fallen since Saturday, compared with a week earlier, according to data from iCHEF Co Ltd (資廚管理顧問), a management service that provides restaurants with cost and operation analysis through its POS system.
TSMC planning up to six fabs in Arizona: sources
NEXT STEP? The contract chipmaker said it would decide whether to add more plants based on operation efficiency, cost economics and demand
Reuters, TAIPEI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is planning to build several more chipmaking fabs in the US state of Arizona beyond the one already planned, three people familiar with the matter said.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced in May last year that it would build a US$12 billion fab in Arizona.
The 12-inch wafer fab in Phoenix is expected to start mass production in 2024, the Investment Commission said in December, when it approved the plan.
Manufacturing PMI continues surge
RISING TIDE: The subindex on new orders rose to 71.6, its highest since the survey started, while the non-manufacturing index rose to 60.1, its highest since August 2014
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) last month soared to another high of 68.7, as economic activity at home and abroad continued to accelerate, ramping up business at local firms across sectors, the Chunghua Institution for Economic Research (CIER, 中華經濟研究院) said yesterday.
“The nation’s economy looks healthy considering all measures, but industry should remain cautious about uncertainties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic,” CIER president Chang Chuang-chang (張傳章) said.
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