Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported a 30 per cent increase in its third-quarter sales as major US tech companies continued to make multibillion-dollar bets on artificial intelligence. Revenue for the three-month period ending in September totalled NT$989.9 billion (US$32.5 billion), according to Bloomberg News calculations based on monthly sales numbers provided by the company, while analysts on average were looking for NT$962.8 billion. The shares of Asia’s most valuable...