Board members of struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. met Thursday and agreed to sell the company, but…
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Foxconn’s $5.1 billion bid for Sharp could be good for Apple, too
LCD screens are expensive. They’re the most costly component in the iPhone 6 Plus, by about three times more than the next part…
Apple supplier Sharp accepts Hon Hai’s $6.2 billion takeover offer; Hon Hai says deal on hold
Sharp’s board on Thursday morning decided to accept a roughly 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) takeover offer…
Foxconn fast-tracks $5.5 billion Sharp takeover bid
Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn is pushing to wrap up a takeover of Sharp Corp. within days…
State-backed Japanese fund in race with Foxconn to save Sharp
A state-backed Japanese fund is frontrunner to rescue Sharp Corp, ahead of a rival approach from Apple supplier Foxconn…
Apple to help build AU Optronics into AMOLED supplier for future iPhones, sources say
Apple is planning to invest in Taiwan’s AU Optronics and build the firm into an AMOLED screen supplier…
Foxconn plans ‘rare’ holiday as iPhone output fears rattle investors
Foxconn, assembler of most of Apple Inc’s latest iPhones, will cut working hours in a rare move that analysts interpreted as a sign of…
Jim Cramer: Apple is clearly a buy, despite analyst trash-talk
We view recent supply-chain concerns as exaggerated, and advise subscribers to take the headline noise with a grain of salt…
RBC cuts Apple price target to $140, citing iPhone supply chain concerns
Investment firm RBC Capital Markets slashed its price target for Apple stock to $140 this week…
Piper Jaffray: Individual component suppliers are not indicative of the health of Apple’s overall iPhone business
Dialog Semiconductor this week cut its December quarter guidance by 11 percent compared to prior guidance…
Apple stock slumps on Dialog Semi warning
Apple stock is lower by 0.45% to $111.97 in afternoon trading on Tuesday after Dialog Semiconductor…
Apple suppliers hit by Morgan Stanley’s iPhone sales forecast
Apple Inc’s component suppliers slid after Morgan Stanley forecast a drop in iPhone sales…
Why Universal Display gained more than 50% in November
Shares of Universal Display (OLED) gained 53.2% in November…
TDK’s CEO hints at more iPhone orders from Apple next year
Japanese smartphone parts maker TDK Corp expects to win more orders next year from…
Apple supplier Avago smashes earnings record
Avago Technologies stock jumped late Wednesday after the Apple supplier reported fiscal Q4 earnings that topped Wall Street expectations…
Apple and GT Advanced reach new accord on $439 million loan
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord with Apple that will get it out from under $439 million in debt…
Apple supplier battle ends in defeat for Foxconn as vote fails
Foxconn Technology Group failed in its bid to take a stake in a Taiwanese chip company after a bruising public battle…
Hon Hai considering $1.7 billion stake in Sharp LCD business; to ask Apple to invest a ‘few hundred million’
Hon Hai planned to ask iPhone maker and customer Apple Inc, which is also a client of Sharp, to invest a ‘few hundred million dollars’ to help…
Hon Hai offers to buy Sharp’s LCD business, wants Apple funds
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co offered to buy Sharp Corp’s struggling liquid panel display business…
GT Advanced cuts 40% of workforce
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., which is trying to emerge from bankruptcy…
Apple objects to bankrupt sapphire supplier’s financing plan
Apple is objecting to bankrupt GT Advanced Technologies’ financing plan…
Apple Watch 2 coming in 2016 with LG Display as exclusive display supplier, sources say
LG Display will be the sole display supplier for the Apple Watch 2…
Apple iPhone powers profits for Asian component makers
As Apple basks in the unprecedented demand for its latest iPhones…
Quanta’s Apple Watch issues solved and production now fully up to speed
If you’ve been waiting impatiently for your Apple Watch to arrive…
Apple display supplier Sharp warns on ability to stay afloat after $1.9 billion loss
Sharp, a century-old stalwart of corporate Japan…
UBS identifies Apple Watch parts suppliers
What’s under the hood?
Apple likely to quickly ramp up Apple Watch production
Apple Inc is likely to quickly ramp production of the Apple Watch…
GT Advanced to pursue $95 million bankruptcy loan
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. is lining up $95 million worth of loans…
Apple brokers deal for Quanta to borrow 3,000 Foxconn workers for Apple Watch production
In a deal brokered by Apple, Foxconn is lending Quanta Computer 3,000 workers…
Japan Display in talks with Apple to build iPhone screen plant
Japan Display Inc is considering building a plant to supply smartphone screens…
Apple orders more than 5 million Apple Watch units for initial run
Half of the first-quarter production order is earmarked for the Apple Watch Sport…
TSMC says to invest additional $16 billion in advanced chip factory
TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker, said on Friday…
Apple to buy all the HDI plates Unimicron can produce
Apple has decided to buy all HDI plates produced by Unimicron at its full production capacity…
GT Advanced wants bankruptcy judge to approve millions in executive bonuses
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., the manufacturing company…
GT Advanced to sell its sapphire furnaces
All previous exclusivity restrictions have been lifted and GT retains control…
Apple Watch set to lift fortunes of Hong Kong component supplier AAC
The anticipated release of the Apple Watch next year could prove a boon…
Apple supplier Jabil Circuit forecasts revenue above Street as iPhone 6/Plus sales continue to ramp up
Jabil Circuit Inc., which makes phone casings for Apple Inc….
GT Advanced gets court approval of revised Apple settlement
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Henry Boroff said at a hearing in Springfield, Massachusetts…
GT Advanced bond traders drawn to prospect of Apple lawsuits
This is going to be a field day for the lawyers and accountants…
‘iPad Air Plus’ schematic reveals 12.2-inch display and Apple ‘A9’ processor
Mass production of the larger iPad Air Plus start in…
Apple shields information in GT Advanced creditor probe
Creditors of failed smartphone screen material supplier GT Advanced…
Apple, GT Advanced and the ‘boule graveyard’
Mesa suffered from a 50% failure rate…
