News Byte
Liz Gannes in News on January 28 at 4:20 pm PT
Corporate responsibility consultancy BSR isn’t happy that its name got pulled into the New York Times’ provocative report on Apple and its suppliers’ manufacturing practices (“a consultant at BSR” was the source for a significant section of the piece). The company today asked for the story to be corrected, with BSR CEO Aron Cramer noting he had refuted various claims in a letter to the NYT before the piece was published. Apple CEO Tim Cook previously disputed the claims in an internal email that became public.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 2:32 pm PT
Intel credited efficiency with keeping gross margins high and said it’s well-positioned in the markets for tablets and phones.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 5 at 3:00 pm PT
The economy, the euro and Thailand have combined into a perfect storm that has caused memory chip inventories to pile up to extreme levels.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 2 at 11:30 am PT
Chip sales were disrupted by the effects of the flooding in Thailand and by the euro zone crisis in November, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 23, 2011 at 5:45 am PT
Flooding in Thailand has killed more than 600 people, devastated the Thai economy and caused one of the most significant supply chain disruptions to the computer industry in a generation.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 21, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT
Flooding in Thailand has hammered one of the world’s two major manufacturers of hard drives especially hard. Early estimates say supply this quarter could drop by nearly a third.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on October 13, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Apple orders another five million iPhone 4S handsets.
John Paczkowski in News on August 17, 2011 at 11:25 am PT
A $1 billion investment in a Sharp LCD plant?
