Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of its kind for the IT industry. The company issued the guidelines to address "the ...
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Apple found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labor last year, and went as far to sever ties with one Chinese component maker for failing to prevent the violations. The company's crackdown on underage labor violations ...
Following a drawn-out investigation, Apple has found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labour last year, and has severed ties with one Chinese component maker for failing to address the violations. The company’s ...
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Foxconn Technology Group is being investigated by authorities over allegations that some of its employees accepted bribes from suppliers. The Taiwan-based manufacturing giant,which builds Apple's iPhone,has asked law enforcement officials ...
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A $850 million deal between Taiwanese electronics giant Hon Hai Precision Industry and Japan's Sharp was still on hold Friday, as roller-coaster negotiations continued without the head of Hon Hai, who reportedly cut short his trip to Japan. ...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group said it was in exploratory talks with Indonesian officials over serving its domestic market in some capacity, but does not have immediate plans to build factories in the country. ...
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According to Foxconn Technology Group's press release published on July 13, the company started new business ventures in the connector, computer case, metal stamping, power management fields. The investment totals US$146 million (NT%1.049 ...
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Both firms will co-operate in developing next-generation displays for mobile phones and tablet computers US based chipmaker Qualcomm will invest about JPY9.9bn ($121m) in the struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp which could be used ...
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IDG News Service-Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding its existing manufacturing operations in the U.S.,in a move that could be linked with Apple's plan to bring back Mac manufacturing to the country. Foxconn made the ...
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The name Foxconn has become shorthand for the human costs of building the iPhone in China, linking Apple to bad publicity about worker suicides, deaths from a plant explosion and rioting factory workers. But many other companies besides ...
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IDG News Service-A workers'rights group has slammed what it called the"iPad mini manufacturer"for maintaining poor working conditions at a factory in China. On the eve of an Apple event at which the company is widely expected to launch a ...
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IDG News Service - Electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group said on Tuesday that students as young as 14, below the legal working age, were found employed at a company factory in China that has been said to make products for ...
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How can it be that a company clever enough to satisfy Apple’s famously stringent requirements can’t figure out how to keep its workers from killing themselves and hurting one another? Last week’s riot at a Foxconn ...
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Troubled Japanese LCD and TV panel maker Sharp said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs domestically,or about 6%of its local workforce,as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. The company said the reduction in staff would come through a ...
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Foxconn International Holdings(FIH),the world's largest contract producer of smartphones,has seen shares fall 3.5 per cent after its worst-ever first-half net loss. The manufacturer posted a$226m loss for the January to June ...
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