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The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$32.880 at 10 a.m. Monday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.060 from the previous close.

The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 319.13 points at 22,734.05 Monday on turnover of NT$13.68 billion (US$416.31 million).

Tigerair Taiwan, the only budget airline in Taiwan, will begin offering regular flights to Oita in northeastern Kyushu on April 2, making it the carrier's 21st destination in Japan.

Taiwan's consumer confidence broke a four-month downward streak in February as most of the six factors in the month's consumer confidence index (CCI) moved higher from a month earlier, according to National Central University (NCU).

Taiwan signed an air service agreement with Finland in Helsinki Thursday, the country's first such flight service deal with a Nordic country, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said in a statement.

Taiwan's index gauging the state of the economy flashed a yellow-red light in January, indicating a warming economy, down from a red light indicating overheating in the previous month, according to National Development Council (NDC) data released on Thursday.

Visitors taking a ride on Maokong Gondola between Taipei Zoo and the mountainous area of Maokong, popular with tourists, will have to pay more for a ride from March 3, the cable car operator said Thursday.

Hon Hai Technology Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Sonora state government in Mexico to collaborate on "smart city" development.

The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Thursday, gaining NT$0.030 to close at NT$32.820.

Taiwan shares ended down 349.37 points, or 1.49 percent, at 23,053.18 Thursday on turnover of NT$522.964 billion (US$15.92 billion).