2017-05-19

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10AM Easy EZ News Intro

 

Good morning. It's 10 o'clock. I'm ______ and it's time for Easy EZ News on

ICRT.

 

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T*Taiex update

 

The Tai-Ex opened up less than a point this morning from yesterday's close,

at 9,970 on turnover of 1.4-billion N-T.

 

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T*Nursing home fire kills 4

 

A fire at a Pingtung nursing home has left four people dead.

 

The fire started early in the morning, on the second floor of the three-story

building.

 

55 people are being treated at hospitals for smoke inhalation (吸入).

 

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T*Shrimp chips found with expired ingredients

 

Officials say expired ingredients were used in Hsia Wei Hsien shrimp chips

 

They say Yu Zong Foods used fish powder that had been expired for almost 3

years.

 

The Food and Drug Administration raided the company's offoce in Gaoxiong to

take evidence (證據).

 

The company could be fined up to 200-million N-T.

 

All the products that could have problems are being taken off store shelves.

 

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T*CTBC and Google to co-op on Android Pay

 

And .... 

 

CTBC Bank will be the first Taiwan bank to have Android Pay digital wallet

services.

 

CTBC is working with Google on this, and the service could start next month.

 

The bank says Android Pay would be available at many places in Taiwan,

including department store food courts, hypermarts, and make-up and drug

stores.

 

The bank says more than 50-percent of Android phone users in Taiwan will

probably use Android Pay.

 

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US immigration-related arrests surge

 

In international news from the U-S.....

 

Data shows that arrests over immigration (移民) this year are up by almost

40-percent.

 

Our US correspondent Laura Cantekin reports. 

 

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Brazil Temer rejects resignation calls

 

Brazil's President says he will not step down from his job.

 

Michel Temer has been accused of supporting giving money to a former lawmaker

to keep him from talking about things embarrassing to the president.

 

That lawmaker is now in jail for corruption.

 

Brazil's highest court is investigating.

 

Temer says he hasn't done anything wrong.

 

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Cuba Zika surge reported

 

Cuba says there has been a rise in the number of Zika cases.

 

Officials say there have been almost 1-thousand-850 cases of the illness for

2016 and the first months of 2017.

 

They say the provinces with the most cases Havana, Guantanamo and Cienfuegos.

 

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10AM Easy EZ News Outro

 

That's it for Easy EZ News today. 

 

Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded

every day in the afternoon.

 

Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm ____. 

 

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