Foxconn

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (trading as Foxconn) is the world's biggest maker of electronic components. Its clients include the world's best known electronics and information technology companies, and products manufactured at its plants include iPads, iPhones, iPods for Apple, Kindles for Amazon, PlayStations for Sony and Xboxes for Microsoft.

LABOUR

Foxconn's factories struggling to comply with labour laws

18 May 2013

Foxconn Technology Group, maker of Apple iPhones and iPads, is struggling to comply with mainland labour laws on shorter working hours, according to a report by the Fair Labour Association.

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Foxconn needs more time to cut workers’ overtime

17 May 2013

Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labour monitors appointed by top client Apple said cutting workers’ hours by a July 1...

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China news in brief, 1 May, 2013

1 May 2013

Two commit suicide at Foxconn, report says

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Labour chase takes inland turn

5 Mar 2013

Foxconn Technology Group and other electronics makers are saving little in wages by opening plants in inland China and are making the move because of labour shortages in traditional manufacturing...

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No buzz for Suning, Germany's Metro

28 Feb 2013

Anyone thinking of getting into China's consumer electronics retailing market might want to think again, following the latest downbeat news from homegrown giant Suning and a joint venture...

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Sharp-Foxconn talks set to end with no stake deal

26 Feb 2013

Sharp's talks with Taiwan's Foxconn Technology over an investment in the Japanese electronics maker will probably end on March 26 without an agreement, said two people familiar with the...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Foxconn offers a glimpse of where Chinese manufacturing is heading

Foxconn, a Taiwanese "original equipment manufacturer" with 1.2 million workers in mainland China, is getting help from the US-based Fair Labour Association to train workers in voting for...

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FT: Foxconn to hold groundbreaking 'democratic' union vote after Lunar New Year

Preparation for the vote, which aims to bring greater transparency to the company's 18,000 union committees, is being done in co-operation with the US-based Fair Labor Association.

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Foxconn shuttle buses crash, killing 7 workers

At least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a crash between two shuttle buses carrying employees of electronics giant Foxconn yesterday morning in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan...

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Briefs, January 13, 2013

The mother of an underage rape victim in Hunan province said yesterday that she would lodge an administrative lawsuit after authorities rejected her demand for state compensation for the time she...

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Taobao vendors cash in on iPhone 'consumer vanity' market

Wily vendors on Chinese-commerce site Taobao have been having a field day selling fake iPhone “signatures” to users of Tencent QQ, a popular instant messaging program.

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EQUITIES

Foxconn shares surge on broker upgrades

Foxconn International Holdings, the world's biggest contract maker of mobile phones, surged by a record yesterday after Citigroup and HSBC upgraded the stock on much improved prospects for...

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