The Tai-Ex opened down 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,228 on turnover of 6.7-billion N-T.

The market rose on Monday as investors reacted to Wall Street hitting new

records on Friday following the release of positive U-S jobs data.

The Fair Trade Commission is extending its review of a Uber Eats' proposed

acquisition (獲得, 收購) of Foodpanda and the results of the review will now

be released in March at the at the latest.

The commission had previously said it planned to issue the results of it

review into the merger on December 19.

The commission says it chose to delay the release due to concerns the merger

could impact market dynamics as well as the economy.

Commission deputy chairperson Chen Zhi-min says the greatest concern is that

if Uber Eats acquires Foodpanda, the combined entitly would have market share

of between 80 and 90-per cent and that could increase restrictions on market

competition.

And,

Former President Tsai Ing-wen has joined some of the tech world's biggest

names at a book launch (新書發布) event for the second installment of Morris

Chang's memoir.

Tsai was joined by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C-E-O C.C. Wei, Quanta

Computer Chairman Barry Lam and Acer C-E-O Jason Chen at the presentation in

Taipei.

Chang has been working on his autobiography since retiring in 2018.

The second installment covers Chang's life until his retirement.

Police are questioning a man in connection with the killing of a health

insurance boss in New York.

26 year-old Luigi Mangione was detained (被拘留) on firearms charges at a

McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Monday.

US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the

representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize,

has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop making nuclear threats

(威脅).

The 92-year-old spoke at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, a day before the

award ceremony where he is to deliver a lecture on behalf of Nihon Hidankyo,

an organization of survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that

won this year’s prize.

He said that his organization’s message to Putin is that “nuclear weapons

are things which must never be used.”

Work to lay natural gas pipelines near the foot of the Acropolis has

uncovered an ancient marble statue of a young man buried almost upright

(直立) in a brick-lined pit.

Greece's Culture Ministry says in a statement that the nude statue resembles

ancient representations of messenger of the Greek gods Hermes and may have

decorated the townhouse of a wealthy Roman-era Athenian.

The ministry suggested it could be a Roman-era copy of a fifth century B.C.

original.

The ministry says the statue has been taken to a conservation workshop for

further examination.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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