'It's a huge subsidy': the $4.8bn gamble to lure Foxconn to America
It is the largest giveaway to a foreign firm in US history. Trump claims a win – but will struggling Wisconsin benefit?Wisconsinites joke that there are two seasons in Wisconsin: winter and...
View ArticleCities need to stop selling out to big tech companies. There's a better way
Fostering local hi-tech success doesn’t have to mean offering huge subsidies to companies like Apple and Amazon. Here are some alternative strategiesEvery mayor and governor wants to attract hi-tech...
View ArticleApple supplier to slash expenses amid concern over iPhone sales
Foxconn Technology Group plans to cut costs by £2.3bn next year, according to reportsFoxconn Technology Group, which supplies Apple with components for the iPhone, is reportedly planning to cut costs...
View ArticleFoxconn backtracks over promised factory jobs at $10bn Wisconsin site
Deal that relied on taxpayer subsidies was hailed by Trump but firm now says most jobs will be in R&D and not manufacturingFoxconn is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display...
View ArticleWhat happened to Foxconn's plan to build a $10bn factory in Wisconsin? |...
The Taiwanese company was offered $4bn in tax credits for a factory that might never materializeIn 2017, Donald Trump and Wisconsin’s then governor, Scott Walker, broke out the champagne and announced...
View ArticleFoxconn makes U-turn on $10bn Wisconsin factory after call with Trump
Tech giant said it will build facility after speaking with president – but no mention of job creationTaiwanese tech giant Foxconn Technology said Friday it would build a heavily subsidized $10bn...
View ArticleApple supplier says iPhone will not be affected by US-China tariff war
Foxconn senior executive says company has more than enough capacity to make all iPhones bound for the US outside of ChinaApple’s iPhone could escape Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with...
View ArticleSchoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hoursHundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s Alexa devices in...
View ArticleFoxconn makes masks for its iPhone workers amid coronavirus crisis
Firm that supplies Apple hopes to manufacture 2m masks after electronics production was hitCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesFoxconn, the electronics company that supplies Apple, has begun...
View ArticleUK car factories running out of parts due to coronavirus, warns Jaguar
Carmaker says it has two weeks’ supply left as Apple cuts billions of dollars off sales forecast and big firms warn of falloutLive blog: Japan to trial HIV drugsJaguar Land Rover has warned it could...
View Article'They demolished my house for this?' Residents outraged by the Foxconn...
In Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, families were forced out for a huge hi-tech plant – but three years later, it still hasn’t been builtWhen Sean McFarlane recently returned to the site where his lifelong...
View ArticleFoxconn says it might revive Wisconsin plant to make electric cars
Residents forced to move in 2017 when site was earmarked for LCD screen productionThe head of the Taiwanese manufacturing company Foxconn has said it could start making electric vehicles at a...
View ArticleiPhone maker Foxconn signs deal with Stellantis to develop in-car tech
Joint-venture shows deepening convergence between tech and car industries with software a key battlegroundStellantis and the iPhone assembler Foxconn have agreed a deal to work together on in-car...
View ArticleAlexa whistleblower demands Amazon apology after being jailed and tortured
Tang Mingfang is willing to risk reprisals to clear his name over Foxconn revelations – and to get backing from Jeff BezosA whistleblower who exposed illegal working conditions in a factory making...
View ArticleChina braces for wave of workers fleeing iPhone factory in Covid-hit Zhengzhou
Cities near Foxconn plant draw up plans to isolate migrant workers who are returning to home townsCities in central China have hastily drawn up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their home...
View ArticleVideo appears to show Chinese factory workers fleeing Covid-19 lockdown – video
Unverified videos shared on Chinese social media showed people who are allegedly workers at the Foxconn plant climbing over fences and carrying their belongings along a road. Workers from China's...
View ArticleApple warns iPhone shipments will be delayed due to Covid restrictions at...
Tech company says customers will experience longer wait times as the plant in China is operating at reduced capacityApple has said it expects fewer iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max shipments than...
View ArticleProtests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China
Social media videos showed large crowds clashing with hazmat-suited officials amid rising worker discontent at the Foxconn plantHundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn‘s huge iPhone plant in...
View ArticlePolice beat protesting iPhone workers as Covid cases hit record high in China
Officers kick and hit staff at Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, with Apple warning of iPhone 14 delivery delaysPolice in China have dealt out beatings to workers protesting over working conditions and pay...
View ArticleChina: police beat staff protesting over working conditions at iPhone factory...
Footage shows security and police officers in China clashing with staff protesting over working conditions and pay at the world's biggest factory for iPhones, in Zhengzhou, China. Footage shows police...
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