Tech Stocks Slump as Earnings Season Approaches

Down market alert!
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Google Shares Dip as Microsoft Strikes Licensing Deal With Hon Hai

Google gets dealt another blow in its ongoing struggles with Microsoft’s patent infringement claims.
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Foxconn Flop Fuels iPhone Fears

Biggest revenue decline in over a decade.
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Big Blue Is Still the Big Dog of Patents

IBM dominates the patent race for the 20th consecutive year.
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Foxconn Workers Say, “Keep Our Overtime”

Nets to catch would-be jumpers still sag ominously from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s buildings. But two years after a spate of suicides at the Apple Inc. supplier’s campus in Shenzhen, workers are more concerned about another measure designed to protect them: Limits on overtime.

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Apple Tests Designs for TV

Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the U.S. company is moving closer to expanding its offerings for the living room.

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Hon Hai’s Explanation for iPhone 5 Shortage

Apple has said its new iPhone 5 sold faster initially than any other iPhone, but sales have fallen short of some analysts’ expectations due in part to supply shortages.

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New Labor Attitudes Fed Into China Riot

The pressures threatening China’s status as the world’s factory floor have been laid bare by a riot this week at a factory that makes parts for Apple Inc. and other electronics companies, a clash that workers said was sparked by onerous security and repressive living conditions.

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Struggling Sharp Mortgages Factories to Stay Afloat

It’s a dull day, indeed, for Sharp. The struggling electronics maker said Thursday that in order to remain in business, it has mortgaged nearly all of the real estate it owns in Japan, including a key factory that produces displays for the next-generation iPhone, which Apple is expected to debut next week. News of the move comes as Sharp scrambles to secure funding from Hon Hai, parent company of Foxconn Electronics.

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Apple Supplier to Raise Taiwan Wages

Apple Inc. supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. plans to raise wages for its employees in Taiwan “significantly” to better attract and retain talent, a company spokesman said Thursday.

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