Show Notes
Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 57-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 45,890
on turnover of 8.4-billion N-T.
However, the main board surged nearly 400 points within ten minutes of the
opening bell to bounce back over the 46,000 mark, as investors were boosted
by Nvidia's latest quarterly results - which beat expectations.
AI-related and heavyweight electronics stocks are in focus this morning.
Lawmakers to vote on drone procurement bills today
Lawmakers are voting today on competing (競爭的) drone procurement (採購) bills.
The vote had originally been scheduled for tomorrow.
However, Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu proposed bringing it forward during
cross-party caucus talks.
The legislative caucuses agreed to move up the vote to allow lawmakers to
return to their districts to inspect damage caused by the recent heavy rains
and flooding in southern Taiwan.
However, the D-P-P, K-M-T and Taiwan People's Party caucuses failed to agree
on key aspects of the bills, including which ministry will oversee the drone
procurement program, the budget for drone procurement and whether annual
spending caps will be imposed.
ASF found in** pig carcass in Kinmen and pork shipments suspended**
The Kinmen County Government has suspended shipments of pork and processed
pork products to Taiwan proper and other outlying islands after a African
swine fever was detected in the carcass of a pig that had washed ashore.
The suspension (暫停) of shipments of processed pork products runs until next
Monday.
Live pigs from Kinmen are already banned from being shipped to Taiwan proper
and other outlying islands under existing regulations.
According to Kinmen County Department of Economic Development, the pig
carcass was found on the shoreline at Wu-sha-jiao in Jin-ning Township on
Saturday by Coast Guard personnel.
County animal health officials disinfected the site as well as the
surrounding area.
USArmy to spend $2B to build nuclear microreactors at 5 bases as US seeks to ramp up nuclear power
The US Army is set to spend $2-billion dollars to build nuclear microreactors
(微型核反應爐) at 5 bases as the country seeks to ramp up nuclear power.
AP's Lisa Dwyer reports
Canada PM to Address EU Parliament
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament next
month in a high-profile visit that underscores Canada’s push to deepen ties
with Europe.
The announcement Wednesday comes after a sharp break with the United States
under President Donald Trump as the trade war escalates.
The prime minister will also attend the European Union’s annual State of the
Union address.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is scheduled to deliver her annual
address Sept. 16.
Carney is expected to speak the following day.
The visit comes days after U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed and Trump
imposed new 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods,
prompting (推動，使) Ottawa to announce retaliatory tariffs.
Carney has set a goal of doubling Canada’s non-U.S. exports over the next
decade as he seeks to reduce the country’s economic dependence on the United
States.
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