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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority (DIZA) has allowed Taiwan's Formosa Heavy Industries Corp to raise its capital from US$951 million to about US$1.12 billion to expand its operations. DISA said yesterday that the firm had increased its capital for the eighth time since it was licensed in late 2001. Formosa is still the largest foreign investor in the southern province of Dong Nai,...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the iron and steel complex and Son Duong Formosa deep-water port in central Ha Tinh province on July 6. This is the biggest foreign invested project worth nearly US$8 billion ever undertaken by the Formosa heavy industry group from Taiwan, China. PM Dung praised the coordination among the Formosa group, the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Taipei - Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp has broken ground on a steel mill in Vietnam, which will become the world's sixth-largest when it launches full-scale operation, a newspaper said on Monday. Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's largest petrochemical manu...
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The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
[Photo courtesy 66 Square Feet] These are Easter Lillies growing on the grounds of a Brooklyn Heights church. 66 Square Feet blogger Marie Viljoen, who contributed the photo, explains: “These lilies (Lilium formosanum or Formosa Lilies [native to Taiwan, ex Formosa, blablabla], usually known in the States as Easter lilies) are growing in the grounds of [...]
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
(Telecompaper) Argentina's telecoms ministry Secom has started a public tender for fixed data service licences in the 3.3-3.4 GHz and 3.4-3.7 GHz bands, writes Infobae. The WiMAX licences cover over 200 communities across the country, including Rosario, Neuquen, La Rioja, Corrientes, Formosa, San Salvador de Jujuy, Formosa, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Miguel de Tucuman, Rio Grande,...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The biggest foreign investor in Viet Nam, Formosa, has asked the government for permission to build a 800 MW power plant in Ha Tinh province. Experts have predicted a wave of investments in power projects as a lot of other investors also plan to build power plants. However, they also have warned that the biggest hindrance is the monopoly of EVN. Formosa wants to build the power plant...
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Curbed SF (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
And now, a look at what's happening elsewhere in the Curbed Nation. 1) We can always look to LA for examples of new contemporary condos that actually exhibit inspired design. Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy's Habitat on Formosa is nearing completion in...
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Madshrimps Forum Madness (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
It appears that AMD's engineers in Dresden, Markham and Sunnyvale have been making lots of trips to little island of Formosa lately - the home of contract manufacturer TSMC, which will be producing...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Pianissimo, pianissimo. That's how morning comes on Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Pigeons dawdle around a trash can. The woman who tends the newsstand gives her dog a bowl of water. Then the grate at the Bar all'Orologio clangs open, a sure sign that another...
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SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Incoming UConn Huskies freshman point guard Kemba Walker led all scorers with 21 points but it wasn’t enough as the the 2008 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team fell to host Argentina 77-64 in the finals of the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Formosa, Argentina. Kemba Walker was named MVP of the 2008 FIBA Americas [...]
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SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Kemba Walker - USA Basketball Incoming UConn Huskies freshman point guard Kemba Walker and his USA Men’s 18U National Team will be going for their 5th gold medal (5th for U18 team) tonight after defeating Canada 82-66 in Formosa, Argentina. They will be taking on the host Argentine team who beat Puerto Rico 83-68 last night. Walker, [...]
