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IPad 2 to Drop in February? Opinions Vary on What the New Tablet Might Include

(Dec. 7) -- Start up the Apple rumor mill! According to a report from Digitimes, the iPad 2 could be coming to stores as early as February. The tech blog seems to have a report from the Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn saying that they will be shipping a new version of the tablet computer in just two months, but...

Another iPad Factory Employee Commits Suicide in China

(Nov. 5) -- Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn hit a grim milestone today: its 14th worker suicide of the year, according to Agence France-Presse. A 23-year-old man apparently jumped to his death from a building on the company's Guanlan campus in Shenzhen, Bloomberg reports. He was the 11th employee this year to...

Chinese Workers Ramp Up Demand for Better Wages

(Aug.15) -- China's image as a place where workers will meekly put up with long hours, low pay and lousy working conditions might need updating. And as that changes, so too might the legendary low price of Chinese products. In the latest in a series of developments indicating a shifting balance between labor and Chinese...

Suicide-Prone iPad Factory Will Raise Workers' Pay

(June 7) -- An electronics company that makes Apple iPads and iPhones has said it will raise workers' wages for the second time in less than a week after being criticized for a string of suicides at its massive south China factory. The Taiwan-based Foxconn, accused of enforcing long work hours, said a 70 percent raise to...

Background on Foxconn

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (trading as Foxconn) is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan.

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