Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests January 13, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said,...
Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official January 4, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a...
Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began. January 3, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan, A. Ananthalakshmi and Ahmed Farhatha SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets...
Business Continuity Firm Agility Recovery Acquires Chicago’s Recovery Solutions October 2, 2020 Agility Recovery, a Denver-based provider of business continuity services for banking and insurance companies, has acquired Chicago, Illinois-based Recovery Solutions....
Germany’s Rhine River at Dangerously Low Levels, Which Could Disrupt Shipping June 9, 2020 By Jack Wittels and William Wilkes Germany’s Rhine River is entering dry summer months with water levels at their lowest in two decades, prompting fears of...
Europe Faces Sweltering Summer with Below-Average Rainfall: Scientists May 18, 2020 By Jonathan Tirone Europe is set for a sweltering and tinder dry summer this year, posing trouble for farmers, utilities and transportation on...
German Economy Relies on Rhine River – But Levels Are Low Without April Rainfall April 28, 2020 By William Wilkes and Brian Parkin Germany’s spring showers haven’t materialized this year, and that’s drying out the country’s most important river, prompting concerns that key...
Global Coronavirus Cases Soar to 10,000 as WHO Declares Health Emergency January 31, 2020 By Bloomberg News The U.K. confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday, while the U.S. and Japan advised citizens to avoid...
Many Global Firms Face High Coronavirus Costs Due to Insurance Exclusions January 29, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Sumeet Chatterjee Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions...
Coronavirus Impact: Growing List of Global Firms Cut Back on China Business Activities January 29, 2020 By Bloomberg News Starbucks Corp. has closed more than half of its coffee shops in mainland China — about 2,000 of them —...