# EZ News 05/05/26

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Podcast: [EZ News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909)
Published: 2026-05-05T02:40:39+00:00
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Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at 40,708 on turnover of 8-billion N-T. The market posted a record daily gain of more than 1,700 points on Monday to close above the 40,000-point mark for the first time. Analysts says buying in the semiconductor industry was sparked by massive spending proposed by major U-S cloud service providers last week and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing was the largest beneficiary of that on Monday .. … and saw its share price rose 6.56-per cent to close at a high of 2,275 N-T. Premier directs ministries to assist shipping companies Premier Cho Jung-tai has instructed government agencies to coordinate assistance for Taiwan shipping company whose vessels are stranded due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Cabinet, the directive was issues after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released data showing of the about 1,600 vessels from various countries currently stranded (受困), eight are operated by Taiwan firms. The Cabinet says Cho has asked the Ministry of Transport to coordinate with the foreign ministry in contacting foreign governments and Taiwan shipping firms, to offer assistance measures to enable the vessels to resume normal operations as soon as possible. However, the Cabinet has not released any details concerning how such measures could be adopted. Hon Hai's 2nd generation satellites launched successfully Two second-generation satellites developed by Hon Hai has been launched successfully into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. According to Hon Hai, the low-Earth orbit satellites PEARL-1A and PEARL-2B have entered their intended orbits for expected on-orbit mission durations of bet…

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