Apple says no serious labor violations at China iPod factory

The article" Apple says no serious labor violations at China iPod factory" appeared on The Mercury News.com on March 21, 2007. In the article, a British newspaper reported that workers at a Chinese iPod factory were exceeding the company's limits on working hours and days per week. The report also states that workers were paid as little as $50 a month and living in unsuitable conditions at three offsite leased dormitories that were former factories. However, the probe found the workers were paid at least the minimum wage, with more than half earing more htan minimum wage, which is about 800yuan($100) a month is Southern China. Apple Inc. responded that they found no evidence of the use of child labor or any form of forced labor. While they have launched a manager and employee training programs to prvent any violations of its code of conduct. Apple states that they will also acquire more land to build more dormitories on the factory premises. Verite, and international consutant on workplace standards, will continue to monitor conditions at the factory.

Samsung bullish on global semiconductor industry for 2006

The article” Samsung bullish on global semiconductor industry for 2006” appeared on The Mercury News.com on March 11th, 2006. In the article, Hwang Chang-gyu, president of Samsung Electronics Co. predicts that there will be increased demand for chips used in digital devices and personal computers. The demand of Nand chips, due to their ability to store data even when switched off, increased dramatically since the release of Apple’s computer Inc.’s iPod nano. Nand chip is widely used in consumer electronics such as MP3 players and digital Camera. According to Hwang, the market for Nand chips will rise 22 percent in 2006.Samsung also unveiled the PRAM, a new type of memory chip that allows devices to work faster by saving new data about 30 times faster than conventional flash memory. Samsung claims that the release of Windows Vista Operating system early next year will boost the demand of their DRAM, a memory chip that is commonly used for memory storage in personal computers.

French law could sever iPod-iTunes

MercuryNews.com published French law could sever iPod-iTunes link on September 27, 2006. In the article, the newly passed internet copyright law in France enforces Apple Computer Inc. to make its iPod player and iTunes online store compatible with rival offerings. The law was crafted as an effort to crack down piracy and level the market field for smaller rivals of Apple and Sony Corp. Currently music bought on iTunes can only be played in Apple's iPod. The original French law requires companies to share technical data with any rivals. However, Apple protested that opening its formats would further encourage pirates. As a result, the law was being left up to government regulators to decide on a case-by case basis, it also allows companies to seek compensation for sharing their technologies. Apple indicated that it was not willing to open its iTunes downloads to rival portable music players even with the promise of compensation. Apple may dodge the technology-sharing demand by striking individual deals with record labels and artists. Therefore, the law was expected to have little immediate effect.

In the article, Apple computer Inc. don’t allow iPod player and iTunes online store compatible with rival offerings even France enforces it. France is a host government. France government should install rules to regulate international business. Apple should comply when the France regulations do not unduly constrain their preferred mode of operations, when benefits are sufficiently attractive despite the France regulations or when Apple cannot alter the regulations with their advantage. This article demonstrates Apple should share their technologies with their rivals. Apple has a strong bargaining position in France when they control certain type of assets include: Technology, marketing expertise, export performance, product diversity, and the value of FDI. Apple has high technology to produce iPod is deemed to the countries’ economic development.

EU looking at charges that Intel pressured retailer

The article“EU looking at charges that Intel pressured retailer,”appeared on The Mercury News.com on September 28, 2006. In this article, the writer states that EU is investigating the case that Intel Corp. urged Media Market not to sell computers that use chips made by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD Inc. filed a complaint to the German antitrust office, details about the type of pressure Intel put on Media Market were not given.Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy insists that Intel’s business practices are fair and lawful and Intel will continue to be cooperative with EU regulators during the investigation. AMD Inc. filed complaints in 2002, while EU did not have enough evident to pursue. In 2005, AMD. Inc. filed another complaint that EU officials had no choice but to investigate, or risk AMD Inc. taking court action of negligence.

Dell to expand in India, Europe

The article "Dell to expand in India, Europe" appeared on CNN Money Online on Monday, March 21st, 2006 (http://money,cnn.com/). In the article, Dell Inc., the world's largest personal computer maker, said it would push deeper into low-cost countries by hiring another 1200 staff for a call center in INdia and building a factory in Eastern Europe. On Monday, March 21st, 2006, Dell opened its third Indian call center in the northern state of punjab. Dell also has two other existing call centers in India, mainly to handle customer care, offer technical support and for application development. India's flourishing business process outsourcing(BPO) sector has become a magnet for global corporations such as General Electric and American Express. The sector is expected to clock sales of $5.7 billion in the year to March 31 st, a growth of 44 percent over the last fiscal year. Heavy demand for outsourcing of services has helped this sector grow at a compounded annual rate of 56 percent since 2000. Dell has already invested tens of millions of dollars in India and now employs over 7000 people in India, its largest workforce outside of the United States. Further plans for more investments in the country are in the works, as Asia becomes one of the fastest growing areas for Dell. Dell also announced plans to open a second European computer making plant in Eastern Europe to support growth in Europe. Dell expects to continue growing faster than the industry and its plans for a second plant in Europe will help Dell shore up its business against HP in one of the few big markets where it outpaces Dell in sales.

Samsung is Now What Sony Once Was

The New York Times published Samsung is Now what Sony Once Was in the business Day Section On November 10, 2006. The authors, James Brooke and Saul Hansell, report that Samsung Electronics, A once struggling Korean consumer electronics brand, has now twice the market capitalization of Sony. Sony, since 1997, has been the leading household name brand for consumer electronics in all areas and has now fallen to third or even fourth place in many of the products it even helped to pioneer. Today, Sony is finding itself in fierce competition with not only Samsung but also with brands such as Apple with its new "iPod" as well as Canon and Kodak for digital cameras, another product which Sony helped to pioneer back in 1988. This quick and drastic change in market capitalization and stock prices demonstrates the highly competitive world of consumer electronics. Sony's stock price that used to be able to thrive off of consistent best selling products has dropped nearly 75 percent wince March of 2000. samsung's greatest advantage is its huge capacity to build raw components like memory chips and display apnels. this investment has allowed Samsung to dramatically decrease its production costs in turn allowing them to pass those savings onto their customers.

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