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Foxconn Responds To CEO’s “Employees Are Animals” Comment

Foxconn responded to yesterday’s kerfuffle about the CEO of Foxconn, Terry Gou, commenting that he cared for “a million animals” – namely his employees. They said it was an off-the-cuff remark, similar...

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The Wheel: What Is The Foxconn Debate Really About?

Thirty spokes meet at a nave; Because of the hole we may use the wheel. Clay is moulded into a vessel; Because of the hollow we may use the cup. Walls are built around a hearth; Because of the doors we...

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False Alarm: Why The Apple/Foxconn Debacle Clouds The Real Manufacturing Mess

I was walking home last week and the entire street – and some of the sidewalk – was blocked by large fire trucks and a gaggle of firemen in full regalia. The ladder truck was already planted firmly on...

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Court Reportedly Rules Against Apple In China As The iPads Keep Rolling Out...

A local court in the Guangdong province of China has apparently ruled against Apple in its ongoing case against Proview over the iPad trademark, with the decision that distributors should stop selling...

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Apple Inc., Made In America

There are two sayings on the back of every Apple product: Designed By Apple in California and Assembled in China. These statements attempt to say that even though the products might be assembled in a...

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This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey’s Piece On Foxconn For “Significant...

At over a million digital listens, “Mr. Daisey Goes To The Apple Factory” is This American Life’s most popular episode. That’s no small feat for one of the world’s most well-known radio shows. When it...

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The Agony And Ecstasy Of Mike Daisey

It seems that noted firebrand Mike Daisey’s story – the one about the crippled, underaged factory workers who unspooled tales of woe and torture at the hands of their evil Foxconn masters at Apple’s...

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Foxconn Plans New Iowa Plant, Will Hire 10% Of State’s Population

After a highly visible meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Foxconn’s founder Terry Gou announced plans to open a sprawling Foxconn factory in Guthrie Center, Iowa, essentially replacing the approximately...

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Tell The Truth But Tell It Slant: There Are Still Major Worker Issues In...

In the hullabaloo over Mike Daisey lying about meeting injured workers, the spotlight turned from actual employment problems in Asia onto the face of the orotund and penitent former colonialist. Now...

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Foxconn Profit Down As Scrutiny Forces Corporate Changes

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn saw its profits fall to $509 million from $1.19 billion last quarter. Chairman Terry Gou said this quarter was particularly affected by Foxconn’s recent image...

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One Thousand Foxconn Workers Riot In Chengdu, China Plant UPDATE

According to a brief in the Want China Times, workers in the Foxconn plant in Chengdu rioted in a male dormitory, throwing bottles, trash, and furniture after plant security came to the dormitory to...

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Amazon Is Reportedly Working On A Smartphone, But Cracking The Market Won’t...

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has done a remarkable job carving out its own niche in the tablet space, and it seems a sequel is already barreling down the pipeline for a release in the coming months. That new...

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Daisey Cutter: The Ultimate Apple Fanboy, Mike Daisey, Is Back With A...

Mike Daisey, noted fabulist, is back at his original theatre in DC, The Woolly Mammoth where he is holding encore presentations of his debunked – and now slightly rewritten – show about working...

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Foxconn International Holdings Registers $226 Million Loss Due To Dismal...

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd, a Foxconn Technology subsidiary, reported a $226.07 million loss, its highest-ever first-half net loss. Even though it is the largest contract maker of mobile phones...

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Riots Rock Foxconn’s Taiyuan Plant

Richard Lai is reporting that more than 2,000 employees of the Taiyuan Foxconn plant rioted last night, causing damage on the factory campus after a guard allegedly hit a worker at 10pm. The Taiyuan...

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Foxconn Denies Strike At iPhone 5 Plant — But Says Apple Asked It To Improve...

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has denied earlier reports that thousands of workers went on strike on Friday at a plant that assembles Apple’s latest iPhone — reportedly causing production of...

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Rumor: Foxconn Planning To Build US-Based Plants, Will Train American...

In one of the oddest cases of an April Fool’s joke coming true, Digitimes is reporting that Foxconn is looking at opening LCD TV plants in LA or Detroit. These plants will focus on automated production...

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The New iMac: Designed By Apple In California, Assembled In USA

Your next Mac could be assembled in America. Apple is assembling at least some of the new, ultra-thin iMacs in the U.S. The backside stamp containing the serial code and FCC logo generally says...

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Rumor: Apple Is Testing The Apple TV In Secret, No Rush To Launch

Much has been said about a potential Apple TV set in the past few years, but it would appear that a source out of Foxconn has said that testing is already underway on Apple’s HDTV. The source, speaking...

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Apple Reportedly Looking To Bring Mac Mini Production To U.S. Shores

Apple is said to be considering a move that will bring Mac mini production to the U.S., through manufacturing partner Foxconn, according to supply chain sources speaking to Digitimes. Foxconn already...

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