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Tag: COVID

Apple assembler Foxconn faces logistics disarray from China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns

Thursday, May 12, 2022 4:04 pm5 Comments

Apple assembler Foxconn said it faces logistics disruptions and other challenges in China stemming from the CCP’s stringent COVID-19 …

Apple’s China engineers keep products flowing amid CCP’s draconian COVID lockdowns

Monday, May 9, 2022 10:35 amNo Comments

Prior to the CCP’s various responses to COVID, Apple sent hundreds of U.S. engineers each month to China to oversee the contract…

Apple assembler Foxconn says no change to production as China ratchets up quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 4:22 pm3 Comments

The CCP has shut down dozens of metro stations and bus routes in Bejing as it ratchets up its quixotic quest to achieve zero-COVID …

CDC tracked millions of Amercians’ phones to monitor vaccination, lockdown compliance

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 1:25 pmWednesday, May 4, 202213 Comments

The CDC used location data from tens of millions of Americans’ phones to track compliance with lockdown and vaccination mandates…

This time, cyclicality works in Apple’s favor

Friday, April 29, 2022 2:58 pm3 Comments

Apple’s third fiscal quarter ending in June is typically the company’s slowest, thanks mostly to its pattern of launching new iPhones and…


Apple’s supply chain issues might not be that bad, Wall Street says

Friday, April 29, 2022 11:32 amNo Comments

Analysts say Apple’s supply crunch looks to be only temporary, occurring during Apple’s slower time of the year, and the company’s…

Apple’s headwinds are ‘transitory,’ analysts say

Friday, April 29, 2022 9:53 am2 Comments

Following Apple’s record second quarter earnings report on Thursday, analyst Harsh Kumar said the issues with Apple are “transitory” and its…

China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest pushes February MacBook Pro orders into June

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:28 pmWednesday, April 27, 20227 Comments

Customers who ordered a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip in February are being notified that their new Macs aren’t coming until June…

Half of Apple’s suppliers at risk in China due to quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown quest

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9:31 am8 Comments

Half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have facilities in and around Shanghai, China where the CCP’s quixotic quest for “zero-COVID” has caused…

‘iPhone City’ in China is operating normally despite quixotic COVID lockdowns

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:54 am3 Comments

The world’s biggest iPhone assembly campus, know colloquially as “iPhone City,” on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in central China…

Apple MacBook assembler joins 30+ plant closures due to China’s draconian COVID restrictions

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 4:05 pmWednesday, April 13, 202213 Comments

More than 30 Taiwanese companies have now halted production in the electronics hubs of eastern China to comply with CCP COVID restrictions…

China’s quixotic quest for ‘Zero-COVID’ is a concern for Apple

Friday, April 8, 2022 10:24 amFriday, April 8, 202211 Comments

Apple’s bet on China looks increasingly risky, especially amid the country’s lockdowns in a quixotic quest for “Zero-COVID.”

Apple assembler Foxconn partially resumes production in Shenzhen after COVID disruption

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:58 amNo Comments

Taiwan-headquartered Apple assembler Foxconn has partially resumed production on campuses that include both employee housing and…

Apple has ‘manageable but significant’ exposure to latest China COVID lockdowns – analyst

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:55 amTuesday, March 15, 20225 Comments

Apple investors have a new concern: lockdowns in response to rising COVID-19 cases in key manufacturing areas in China could impact…

Apple stock falls below key level after China shuts Foxconn plant over COVID spike

Monday, March 14, 2022 3:36 pm2 Comments

Apple shares fell on Monday, dropping below their 200-day moving average, after Foxconn halted operations following China’s COVID …

Apple supplier Foxconn halts production in Shenzhen amid China’s COVID spike

Monday, March 14, 2022 8:59 amNo Comments

Foxconn, a supplier to Apple, has halted production in Shenzhen, China, after government officials put the city under COVID lockdown…

Apple drops COVID mask mandate for corporate and retail employees

Thursday, March 3, 2022 1:47 pmThursday, March 3, 202216 Comments

Apple has now dropped its mask requirement for both corporate and retail employees as local governments reassess their various COVID-19…

Apple to increase COVID-19 testing for vaccinated retail employees ahead of dropping employee mask mandate

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 3:21 pmTuesday, March 1, 202219 Comments

Apple plans to begin testing vaccinated retail staff twice a week for COVID-19 in preparation for dropping its mask mandate…

Apple Retail Stores drop COVID mask mandates

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 9:32 am13 Comments

Apple has dropped its mask requirement at most retail stores across the U.S. and is also ramping up for the return of in-store classes…

New ‘PublicSq.’ app connects freedom-loving Americans with businesses against COVID vaccine mandates

Thursday, February 3, 2022 2:42 pmThursday, February 3, 202229 Comments

A new app, called “PublicSq.” aims to connect freedom-loving Americans with local community, reliable information and businesses…

Apple closes multiple retail stores across U.S. and Canada over COVID fears

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 3:25 pmWednesday, December 15, 202112 Comments

Apple has temporarily closed three retail stores in the U.S. and Canada after a rise in employee COVID-19 cases and exposures…

Wall Street and Apple rebound from Omicron COVID variant fear

Monday, November 29, 2021 9:31 am17 Comments

Apple stock posted strong gains in early Monday trading as investors rushed to take advantage of Friday’s steep losses over Omicron COVID…

Stock futures rise as Apple rebounds and COVID cases fall sharply

Monday, September 13, 2021 8:45 am16 Comments

Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures each rose Monday morning as the market digests the Epic Games v. Apple ruling and COVID cases fall …

Apple urges, but doesn’t mandate, all employees to get COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, August 27, 2021 3:11 pm15 Comments

Apple is strengthening its push for employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but stops short of issuing a mandate …

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