VENTURE CAPITAL POST

China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan are some of the possible strategic partners Bandanna Energy was discussing with

HTC, due to Apple and Samsung dominance and the proliferation of cheap smartphones from China, saw its market share decline to just 2.8%.

Taiwan's banks have become minefields for private equity companies.

As the fruition of months of planning and years of animosity, China and Taiwan formalizes the two way cross border transaction system for companies trading in the yuan.

Hon Hai signed a sales partnership deal with the convenience stores of 7-Eleven in Taiwan to expand its television enterprise.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Acer would retreat from using Windows and embrace the Android operating system for its mobile devices.

Acer's president told Austria's Format magazine that the company would recover and make profit again.

LG Innotek Co. and Inventec Corp., Apple's suppliers, led the rally after tech titan released its earnings report.

Search engine giant Google Inc entered an agreement with Himax Technologies Inc which resulted to a 34% boost in the Taiwanese company' stocks.

Private equity companies Blackstone and MBK Partners are seeking for Singapore IPOs for the properties they individually own in Taiwan and India.

A New Zealand company submitted its offer to join a New Zealand-Taiwan venture capital fund.

Taiwan approves several foreign investments and local investors' attempt at China.

CLSA Brokerage, owned by Credit Agricole SA, was sold to CITIC Securities but Taiwanese regulators may reject the sale.