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Foxconn exits $19.4bn chip deal in India
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» TAIPEI" Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn withdrew from a $19.4 billion deal with India's Vedanta to make semiconductors in the South Asian nation owing to "challenging gaps", it announced Tuesday.
Taiwan, US to sign trade deal
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» TAIPEI: The United States and Taiwan will sign a trade deal on Thursday, Taipei said, in a move likely to stoke tensions between Beijing and Washington over the island.
iPhone maker Foxconn buys huge site in India
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» BENGALURU, India: Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the key Apple supplier said in a filing Tuesday as it looks to diversify production away from China.
Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in China
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» BEIJING: Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over Covid restrictions at the plant.
Virus upends outsourcing as firms 'reshore', embrace AI
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» MUMBAI - Coronavirus is permanently shaking up the global outsourcing industry as lockdowns from Bangalore to Manila prompt firms to "reshore" jobs and, with AI, to move further away from needing humans at all.
Cruising for a bruising: What we learned from the Apec summit
AFP, Published on 18/11/2018
» PORT MORESBY: The annual meeting of leaders from the 21 Asian-Pacific countries produced little in the way of concrete results, but plenty of fireworks on the sidelines.
Nokia brand ready for smartphone comeback in 2017
AFP, Published on 01/12/2016
» HELSINKI - Nokia, once the world's top mobile phone maker, will make a comeback on the smartphone market in the first half of 2017, the company and its licensee said Thursday.
Battling for pure honey buzz
Business, AFP, Published on 12/11/2016
» Under a shady starfruit tree Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market of health-conscious consumers.
Hon Hai plans cuts to streamline Sharp
Business, AFP, Published on 23/06/2016
» New Taipei City: Taiwan's tech giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd said yesterday that it would close some overseas operations of ailing Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp after buying the struggling firm in March, with founder Terry Gou suggesting possible job losses.
EVA Airways, Boeing sign Taiwan's biggest plane deal
AFP, Published on 24/11/2015
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's EVA Airways signed a deal on Tuesday worth more than $6 billion for 26 Boeing jetliners, making it the island's biggest ever single commercial plane purchase.