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Apple Speaks Openly, Discloses Environmental And Rights Issues Among Its Suppliers [Updated]

Apple is famously tight-lipped about almost everything relating to its actual business processes. Today it's shifted the veil slightly, and has released a frank list of issues it has discovered during an audit of its Eastern suppliers. READ»

Mahindra's "Spark The Rise" Competition Aims To Tackle India's Country-Wide Challenges

From drinkable rainwater to preventing suicide, India's ideas competition--powered by the country's largest automaker--is driving new innovations to "help India rise."READ»

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Don't be So "Fast" That You Miss This

What your teenager wants you to know -- that you need to know -- but won't tell youREAD»

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All the iPhones in the World Can't Save China's Foxconn From Fiscal Losses

Foxconn, aka Hon Hai, is most famous for being Apple's big manufacturing partner. But despite Apple's soaring successes, Foxconn isn't doing so well.READ»

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Foxconn's Human Resources Site Has Been Prank-Hacked

Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of the iPhone and site of several tragic suicides, has been hacked--a mysterious prankster published an incisive, satirical job posting on the company's HR site.READ»

Foxconn Calls in Counselors, But Its Suicide Rate May Be Normal

Foxconn, the Chinese high-tech manufacturer and Apple partner, has been so shaken by a cluster of recent suicide attempts that it's hiring in mental health staff to aid its employees. There's even a Buddhist monk on staff. We know of ...READ»

Sixth Death at Foxconn, Is Apple's Success to Blame?

There's been another tragic suicide among Foxconn's workforce. That makes six Foxconn people who've killed themselves this year alone. Will Apple reconsider its links with the company?The 24-year-old woman from Henan province, whose ...READ»

Is Pressure at iPad Maker Foxconn Behind Four Recent Suicide Tries?

Four suicide attempts in four weeks: That's apparently the tally at China-based high-tech manufacturers Foxconn. If that name rings a bell, it's because it's the company that makes big chunks of Apple's iPad hardware. The most recent ...READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Suicides at work:Have you seen any good suicides at work lately?  I guess not.  It’s just another difference between the French business model and the American model.  While Americans tend to kill their bosses and ...READ»

Did Apple's Product Secrecy Cause a Suicide at Foxconn?

Sun Danyong was a Foxconn China employee until last Thursday, when, after apparently being responsible for the loss of an Apple prototype device, he committed suicide. Is Apple's ferocious product secrecy to blame for his death?READ»

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Criminalizing False Identities: The End of Online Anonymity?

Lying about your identity on the Internet may no longer just earn you the scorn of your fellow online users – it could also be a criminal, jailable offense.READ»

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Work/Life: Dr Douglas Meyer, the Patient Evangelist

DONATE TO DR DOUGLAS MEYER'S FAVORITE CHARITY Douglas' family would like to create a functional memorial in his honor. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations made in his name, Douglas F. Meyer MD, to the ...READ»