http://notebooks.com/2010/05/20/the-intangible-cost-of-our-apple-fascination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-intangible-cost-of-our-apple-fascination Notebooks and Laptops News, Deals and Reviews Thu, 17 May 2012 19:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://notebooks.com/2010/05/20/the-intangible-cost-of-our-apple-fascination/#comment-22534 Foxconn Discontinues Suicide Compensation, Relocating Production | Notebooks.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:11:42 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=20535#comment-22534 [...] Foxconn announced yesterday at their annual shareholder meeting that the company is discontinuing its suicide compensation program. Foxconn management said the move is an effort to raise morale and decrease the number of suicde attempts. [...] [...] Foxconn announced yesterday at their annual shareholder meeting that the company is discontinuing its suicide compensation program. Foxconn management said the move is an effort to raise morale and decrease the number of suicde attempts. [...]

]]> http://notebooks.com/2010/05/20/the-intangible-cost-of-our-apple-fascination/#comment-22533 Apple, Dell and HP Release Statements about Foxconn Suicides | Notebooks.com Fri, 28 May 2010 16:08:43 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=20535#comment-22533 [...] previously reported the suicides and terrible conditions at the Chinese Foxconn factory which supplies Apple, Dell and [...] [...] previously reported the suicides and terrible conditions at the Chinese Foxconn factory which supplies Apple, Dell and [...]

]]> http://notebooks.com/2010/05/20/the-intangible-cost-of-our-apple-fascination/#comment-22532 bob fidrych Fri, 21 May 2010 21:58:01 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=20535#comment-22532 Why pick on Apple. Just about everything we buy is made by slave labor. It's called out sourcing. Yet we keep purchasing, Cars, electronics etc. We even out source the engineering, tech service and the customer service.Then we look at our stocks and dump the ones which are not making a profit. When we run out of money they will all dump us. Why pick on Apple. Just about everything we buy is made by slave labor. It's called out sourcing. Yet we keep purchasing, Cars, electronics etc. We even out source the engineering, tech service and the customer service.Then we look at our stocks and dump the ones which are not making a profit. When we run out of money they will all dump us.

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