The Tai-Ex opened up 29-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 17,239

on turnover of 2.6-billion N-T.

The market's recent gains were halted on Monday, as the main board ended

unchanged amid high technical resistance.

Large cap tech stocks trended lower throughout the trading day preventing the

broader market from moving higher, while the tourism sector also came under

heavy pressure.

A spokesman for Terry Gou's presidential campaign office says "anything -

including a potential joint ticket - is possible" following a meeting with

Taiwan People's Party presidential nominee, Ko Wen-je.

Spokesman Huang Shih-hsiu said K-M-T Chairman Eric Chu's dealings with Ko

mirrored the "promise-breaking and breach (違反) of trust" he had engaged in

… when Gou unsuccessfully sought the party's presidential nomination in

May.

Huang says given those actions, "the K-M-T may be on its own" in the election.

However, Gou's campaign office spokesman has refused to give any concrete

details of the meeting with Ko.

The Dresden University of Technology says more than 100 German students have

applied for 30 spots on a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing-backed training

program.

The university said a total of 124 students from universities in the state of

Saxony in eastern Germany applied for the training program…

Students will depart (出發) for Taiwan in February and begin their study in a

Taiwanese university to learn basic semiconductor theories in March.

They will then spend time at T-S-M-C's training center for newcomers and work

in the chipmaker's factory for two months from June.

The training program was announced shortly after T-S-M-C made public its

plans to set up a 12-inch wafer fab in Dresden.

warships

Australia's prime minister has criticized China for what he calls a

“dangerous” encounter between Chinese and Australian warships but declined

to say whether he raised the issue with President Xi Jinping.

He said one diver was injured when a Chinese destroyer used sonar

(聲波定位儀) while near an Australian frigate in international waters last

Tuesday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke with Xi last week on the sidelines of

an Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in San Francisco.

Albanese says his discussions with Xi were private rather than a formal

bilateral meeting.

China’s Defense Ministry dismisses Australia’s allegations as “completely

untrue.”

Citigroup has begun a major overhaul of its management structure with

sweeping layoffs expected.

It's part of a broader reorganization and seen as the American bank's biggest

reshuffle (改組、重新安排) in nearly 20 years.

William Denselow reports from New York.

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