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Fact-anchoring editor. A former political-economy reporter who handles sourcing, reconciliation, and footnotes—every number must have a traceable origin.
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Taiwan's TAIEX weighted index closed at 45,354.61 on 2026-07-09, down 379.80 points versus the prior session's close (a 0.83% single-day drop) — an end-of-session tape, fact-nailed: memory and flat-panel names were strong that day while biotech and chemicals/plastics/textiles were weak; zero official anchors (the main source's market figures are reproduced from The Storm Media's (風傳媒) 2026-07-09 'closing-bell flash' self-made tables, corroborated by same-day 2026-07-09 closing reports from CNA and cnyes; none of the sources names official provenance, and this site has not verified them against the exchange's official closing quotes); the headline '20 red-hot stocks bucked the trend to hit limit-up' is The Storm Media's editorial frame — the source does not in fact list exactly 20 limit-up stocks, and this card makes no such assertion
On 2026-07-09 at 14:18 (Taipei time) The Storm Media (風傳媒) published a 'closing-bell flash' (storm#1375790, in its 下班經濟學…
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BofA Forecasts Q3 2026 DRAM Average Prices Up 21% QoQ; in the Same Week the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index Closed at 11,673.889 on 17 July 2026, Down Over 20% From Its Recent High and Into a Bear Market
Per a cnyes report dated 2026-07-19 on a Bank of America (BofA) Global Research channel check: the firm forecasts that g…
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Taiwan's Three Financial Sectors Raised NT$221.71 Billion in H1 2026, Up 32.67% From the Same Period of 2025: Banking NT$109.4 Billion, Insurance NT$73.0 Billion (All of It Bond Issuance by Six Life Insurers, Zero From Non-Life), Securities NT$39.31 Billion — a High for at Least Since 2023 (per CNA's July 19, 2026 report citing FSC statistics; not verified with the FSC by this site)
Per a July 19, 2026 Central News Agency report by Su Szu-yun citing Financial Supervisory Commission statistics, cash ca…
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Goldman Sachs estimates 2026 US IPO proceeds could reach US$225 billion, a record high; 'bubble alarm not yet ringing' is the bank's own view (media-relayed forecast, not actual proceeds)
Taiwanese financial outlet Anue (cnyes), in a 2026-07-25 report relaying Goldman Sachs's 'Top of Mind' research, states …
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Taiwan's Audit Department certified FY2025 central government one-year-or-longer public debt outstanding at NT$6.071 trillion-plus, with the ratio below the 40.6% Public Debt Act ceiling
Core: CNA reported on 2026-07-24 (reporter Lai Yu-chen) that Taiwan's Audit Department certified FY2025 (ROC year 114) c…
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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (FCFC, TWSE:1326) Q2 2026 self-tallied consolidated results: revenue of NT$87,154.28 million rose 6.6% QoQ yet pre-tax profit of NT$7.02 billion fell NT$280 million — the structure is operating income down NT$1.2 billion (company's account: crude and petrochemical feedstock prices fell after the US and Iran reached a peace agreement in June and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, some peers cut prices, customers held back and restocked only on essential demand, and scheduled maintenance of large units cut volumes) plus non-operating net income up NT$920 million recovering most of it; after-tax profit attributable to the parent NT$6,092.50 million, EPS NT$1.04, down NT$0.03 from Q1; H1 pre-tax profit NT$14.31 billion, up NT$21.8 billion versus H1 2025, EPS NT$2.11, up NT$3.35 per share; June revenue of NT$27,666.32 million rose 1.0% MoM but volume-up/price-down (volume effect +NT$3.03 billion, price effect −NT$2.75 billion), the opposite direction of Q2's volume-down/price-up (company self-tallied, unaudited)
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC, 台化, TWSE:1326) announced its Q2 2026 self-tallied consolidated results (TWS…
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momo posted NT$9.82 billion June 2026 revenue and NT$53.69 billion H1 cumulative revenue (company self-reported; revenue, not profit)
storm Media's 2026-07-24 roundup carries self-reported June 2026 monthly revenue for six Taiwanese e-commerce companies:…
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Taiwan's life insurance industry booked NT$767.35 billion (original: NT$7,673.5億) in first-year (new-contract) premiums in H1 2026 (January–June, counted with 'non-insurance contracts' included), up 51.6% from the same period of 2025; investment-linked policies took NT$426.268 billion (original: NT$4,262.68億) in first-year premiums, up 110.3% from the same period of 2025 — zero official anchors (every figure is as carried in cnyes.com's (鉅亨網) 2026-07-16 report, which attributes the data to H1 2026 statistics released by the Life Insurance Association (壽險公會, the source's short name); this site has not verified them against the association's official statistical documents); the original headline's 'Taiwan stocks run hot!' and 'demand doubles' are cnyes.com's editorial wording — the exact value behind 'doubles' is the 110.3% year-on-year growth versus H1 2025
cnyes.com (鉅亨網) published this report at 14:11 Taipei time on 2026-07-16 (cnyes#1539123, by its reporter 陳于晴, Taipei), a…
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Taiwan's TAIEX Closed at 44,232.87 on July 21, 2026, Up 1,783.17 Points (4.20%) vs the Prior Session — a Record Closing-Basis Point Gain (media compilation, not an official release)
On 2026-07-21 Taiwan's TAIEX weighted index closed at 44,232.87 points, up 1,783.17 points or 4.20% vs the prior session…
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China-drama streaming top 10: 狂飆 (Kuang Biao) leads 2018–2025 at about 200 million average V30 effective views per episode (Yunhe Data annual reports, as compiled by Storm Media)
A Storm Media compilation published on 2026-07-22 merges Yunhe Data's (雲合數據) annual drama reports released for 2018 thro…
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Acter, Novatech and Rayzher post June 2026 self-compiled revenue rising in tandem: Acter NT$4.77 billion (47.7億元) and Rayzher NT$285 million (2.85億元) both same-period historical highs, Novatech NT$1.993 billion (19.93億元) up 84.02% month-over-month and 120.45% year-over-year at an all-time high — Acter Q2 NT$13.38 billion (133.8億元) and Novatech Q2 NT$3.787 billion (37.87億元) both single-quarter all-time highs, Rayzher Q2 NT$771 million (7.71億元) up 42.89% quarter-over-quarter; H1 year-over-year, Acter NT$24.98 billion (249.8億元) up 28%, Novatech NT$6.128 billion (61.28億元) up 46.17%, Rayzher NT$1.310 billion (13.10億元) up 11.32%; Rayzher's gas main-system engineering project in Japan began on-site work in June and started contributing revenue (company self-compiled figures; growth attributions per company statements)
Per a CNA (Central News Agency) report dated July 9, 2026 (reporter — 張建中, Hsinchu), cleanroom mechanical-electrical int…
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90 large-cap Taiwan-listed companies (paid-in capital of NT$5 billion or more) have cumulatively reported June 2026 revenue (company-compiled, unaudited): 38 grew more than 25% YoY vs June 2025, while 7 fell below -20% (cnyes roundup, 2026-07-09)
A cnyes (Anue Juheng) "Revenue Flash" roundup dated July 9, 2026 (as of 07:55 Taipei time) counts a cumulative 90 Taiwan…
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