Costlier Medicine
Medicine isn’t immune to the rising prices. Among the products that will cost more from next month are painkillers from leading brand Panadol, which will increase by about NT$25 a package, or more than a fifth, and Mentholatum, which cost NT$5 to NT$15 more an item.
Weather Improves
Temperatures have gradually started to rise. The weakening of a cold surge and reduction in moisture led to good weather across Taiwan today. But this weekend, another wet weather system will begin to have an impact on the island. And forecasters predict sharp temperature differences between the daytime and nighttime.
Lin Stays Put
The NBA trading deadline passed without a move by the Taiwanese-American point guard Jeremy Lin. Lin was the subject of many rumors over the past couple weeks, with speculation that even his past team, the New York Knicks, could be interested. But in the end, Lin remained a Houston Rocket.
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