UNITED MICROELECTRC UMC (NYSE)

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan shares fell sharply Tuesday, weighed down by a profit warning from industry bellwether Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The weighted price index of the Taiwan Stock Ex...READ MORE

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan shares tumbled Thursday, weighed by Wall Street hitting a five-year low overnight and weakness on neighboring Asian bourses. The weighted price index of the Taiwan Stock Exc...READ MORE

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan's benchmark stock index slid nearly 4 percent Thursday as further evidence of a sharp downturn in the global economy hit shares of high-tech electronics exporters.READ MORE

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. said it swung to a quarterly loss for the first time in almost seven years as the value of the company's financial investments plumetted and ...READ MORE

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, said Thursday it recorded a 12.9 percent increase in second-quarter profit because of cost reduction...READ MORE

(TAIPEI, Taiwan)Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 51 percent from a year earlier on slowing sales, and its newly appointed chief executive...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)The chairman and chief executive of UMC has resigned, the Taiwanese chip foundry said Wednesday. The board chose Stan Hung to succeed Jackson Hu as chairman and Shih-Wei Sun to tak...READ MORE