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Japan's Sharp names new president as losses mount

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Sharp Corp named the head of its global operations as president to turn around a company facing a record annual loss, the latest Japanese firm to shake up management after tumbling into the red on slumping TV sales.
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Apple iPad 3 March 7 Release: Will it Debut iOS 6 or iOS 5.1?

Apple plans to unveil something it wants us to see and touch, according to the press invites it sent out at the end of February. It could be an all new iPad 3, of course, but Apple could opt to debut a new iOS version 6 as well. Other rumors include a new Apple TV 2, iPad Mini announcement or an iPod Touch.

Apple Foxconn Factory Conditions: Product Prices Expected to Rise with Worker Wages

Apple is currently auditing the Foxconn factories in China which manufacture many of its products like the iPhone, following a spate of bad publicity over working conditions there. As demand for higher wages and increased safety regulations at the factories goes up, so will the price of Apple's products, some industry analysts are saying.
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U.S. Air Force Dumps 18,000 iPad Order Plans: Why?

Earlier in February, the media reported that the U.S. Air Force wanted to buy thousands of Apple iPad tablets to replace the conventional flight bags carried by pilots. Nobody knows the exact number of iPads, the U.S. Air Force wanted to buy. Some say that the figure is 3,000. But to replace the flight bag of all the pilots in U.S. Air Force, 18,000 is still a small figure. That means a big business for Apple.
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Apple Attacked at Home; Proview Files Lawsuit against iPhone Maker

The Asian firm Proview trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name has now launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses the iPhone-maker of employing deception when it bought the iPad trademark.
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Apple's Chinese legal woes over iPad surface at home

The Asian firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name has now launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses the iPhone-maker of employing deception when it bought the iPad trademark.
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Apple ponders cash, caves on board-vote proposal

Apple Inc on Thursday adopted a measure long desired by investors and corporate governance activists, granting its shareholders a bigger say in the appointment of directors to the board of the world's most valuable technology company.
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Migrants elbow for Foxconn jobs despite labor probe

Apple's top manufacturer in China, Foxconn Technology, is having no problems luring fresh workers to churn out ever more gadgets, despite the firm's reputation as a tough employer that has put it under a thorough probe into its labor practices.
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Nightline Tours Apple’s Foxconn Factory in China: 10 Things We Learned

In recent weeks, Apple has received increasing scrutiny over the working conditions within the factories that produce its highly profitable products like the iPad and MacBook. In an ABC exclusive that aired Feb. 21, Nightline was permitted to tour Apple's largest manufacturer, Foxconn, at its facilities in Shenzhen, China.
Apple Founding Document Signed by Steve Jobs Auctions for $1.6 Million  (Photos)

Apple’s Annual Meeting: 3 Things to Watch

Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is scheduled to convene its annual shareholder meeting Thursday at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.Here are three ket items to watch for.
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iPad Maker Foxconn Lifts China Workers Pay Again

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labor practices, has raised wages of its Chinese workers by 16-25 percent from this month, the third rise since 2010.
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Fair Labor Association: 'Boredom' Caused Apple Factory Suicides?

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has embarked on a study of the working conditions in factories run by eight of Apple's suppliers in China, according reports by Reuters. Auret van Heerden, president of the FLA, noted that the working environment imposed onto the workers, which inevitably perpetuates boredom, could have contributed to the tragic suicides. After several days' worth of visits to the facility, Heerden commended that the conditions were not as slave-like as reported previously....

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