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<title>Foxconn continuing to break Chinese labor laws, FLA finds</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/16/foxconn.staff.still.overworked/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360012751_foxconnwageslave.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's biggest supplier, Hon Hai -- better known as Foxconn -- is continuing to break Chinese labor laws, according to a newly-published audit by the Fair Labor Association.  The latest evaluation was conducted in January, and did find that Foxconn is complying with 98.3 percent of the 360 points of action the FLA and Apple initially agreed to.  70 out of 76 items that were pending in mid-2012 ha...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft signs broad Android patent licensing agreement with Hon Hai</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/16/hon.hai.parent.company.of.manufacturer.foxconn/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343866816_microsofthq-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft and Foxconn parent company Hon Hai have signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement that places the manufacturer underneath Microsoft's patent portfolio umbrella for devices running the Android and Chrome OS. The agreement covers patent usage in smartphones, tablets, and televisions. While specifics of the agreement are not available, Microsoft will reportedly receive royalties from Ho...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hon Hai/Foxconn sees 19 percent drop due to lower iPhone demand</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/10/companys.fortunes.linked.closely.to.apple.products/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360012751_foxconnwageslave.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai -- better known under its lead brand Foxconn -- posted a 19 percent fall in sales year-over-year during the first quarter, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reports.  Revenue reached T$808.97 billion, a decline from T$1 trillion in Q1 2012, as well as the T$988.34 billion the company posted in Q4.  The drop is being blamed on lower demand for the iPhone...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple products help Hon Hai reach $1.2B in Q4 profit</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/25/change.credited.to.improved.iphone.ipad.production/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1111/foxconnworker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hon Hai Precision Industry, closely linked to parent brand Foxconn Technology Group, has posted a record NT$37 billion ($1.2 billion US) in net income for its fourth quarter, &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; reports.  The figure has also surpassed a NT$35.9 billion estimate averaged using predictions from 14 different analysts.  &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; &lt;...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple suppliers suffer terrible February, but now hiring</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1204/foxconn-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple suppliers performed poorly during February, says Topeka Capital analyst Brian White.  The claim is based on an "Apple Monitor," a collection of suppliers the analyst tracks as a way of gauging Apple's performance.  Collectively the companies were down 31 percent in February, versus a normal 8 percent drop for the month.  The results are bad even when considering the effect of the C...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple suppliers may keep churning through Chinese New Year</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/12/28/workers.could.lose.time.off.in.order.to.meet.iphone.ipad.demand/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1111/foxconnworker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Some Apple suppliers will keep manufacturing through the Chinese New Year to meet the company's demands, Taiwan's &lt;em&gt;United Daily News&lt;/em&gt; reports.  Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, is &lt;a href="https://www.brightwire.com/news/259484-apple-suppliers-will-continue-production-during-chinese-new-year-to-meet-market-demand"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foxconn buys land near Sao Paulo Brazil, plans new factory</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/11/20/will.spend.over.500.million.for.new.electronics.factory/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/Foxconn-Brazil-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hon Hai subsidiary Foxconn CMMSG Industria de Electronicos has bought &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/273432==http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-16/infrastructure/35156576_1_iphone-manufacturer-taiwanese-technology-giant-plant-site" rel='nofollow'&gt;350 acres of land&lt;/a&gt; near Sao Paulo, Brazil with the intention of building a new factory to assembl...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foxconn, Sharp mull $1B spend to help Apple production</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/30/foxconn.could.buy.sharp.tv.plants.in.china.mexico/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340989509_ipad3-finger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hon Hai and Sharp are considering making a $1 billion investment in the latter's LCD plant in Sakai, Japan to help production of displays for Apple devices, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reports.  C.C. Lin, an official for Hon Hai -- better known as Foxconn -- made the interest public earlier this week.  Lin suggests that Hon Hai is also considering buying Sharp's TV assembly factor...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple takes 55th place in updated Fortune Global 500</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/09/shell.exxon.wal.mart.take.top.three.spots/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1341844073_applelogo-rain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has slotted into 55th place in an annual update of &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/261590==http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2012/full_list/index.html" rel='nofollow'&gt;Global 500&lt;/a&gt; list.  The ranking is based on data from the 2011 fiscal year, which in Apple's case includes $108.249 billion in r...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hon Hai/Foxconn plans deeper investments in Sharp</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/06/18/could.be.used.to.pull.orders.for.apple.tv.set/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/sharp-sakai.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hon Hai -- better known as Foxconn -- is in talks to buy more shares from Sharp, according to company chairman Terry Gou.  &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reports that Gou revealed the information at the company's annual meeting on Monday; he specifically noted that Hon Hai is taking advantage of a recent drop in Sharp's share price.  "When we [first] bought [in March], Sharp's s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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