Add Apple to the list of companies trying to make nice with the Trump administration…
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Apple: We are one of the biggest job creators in the U.S., responsible for two million jobs in all 50 states
Apple Inc. has debuted a new sectiojn on their website detailing their role in U.S. job creation…
Apple to invest $1 billion to promote manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
The fund comes as President Donald Trump has made bringing back manufacturing jobs a big part of his agenda…
U.S. Fed, jobs data, and Apple earnings will keep stock-market investors busy
Investors face a fire hose of possible stock-market catalysts during another heavy week of earnings reports…
Apple’s top manufacturing partner to meet with U.S. President Trump today
Chairman Terry Gou of key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington…
Apple signs two-year contract with Samsung for up to 92 million OLED iPhone displays
Apple reportedly has signed a two-year contract with Samsung Display for the supply…
U.S. private sector job creation remains strong as employers add 263,000 private-sector jobs
Private-sector hiring this year remained strong as employers reported adding more workers to their payrolls in March than expected…
U.S. consumer confidence hits 16-year high in boost to economy
Consumer confidence has taken off since the election of President Donald Trump…
Apple shines as stock market rallies on Friday following stellar U.S. job gains
The total of employed Americans surged by 447,000 to 152.5 million, the highest ever…
U.S. Consumer Comfort Index hits highest level in a decade
Americans’ confidence continued to mount last week as the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index…
Samsung plans major U.S. expansion, would shift manufacturing from Mexico
Samsung’s interest in a U.S. factory was influenced by the election of U.S. President Donald Trump…
U.S. private sector job creation booms in President Trump’s first full month as employers add 298,000 jobs
President Donald Trump’s first full month in office coincided with a breakneck pace of job growth…
Sharp increases OLED-investment plan to $878 million as Apple’s next iPhone to feature OLED
Sharp Corp. is looking to spend some ¥100 billion ($878 million) in an expanded plan to build organic light-emitting diode displays…
Apple, other Silicon Valley firms imperiled by President Trump’s proposed import tariffs, Republicans’ border adjustment tax
That shiny new iPhone may say ‘assembled in China’ on the back, but its origins are scattered around the world…
Investors bet Trump-fueled tech rally is far from over
Technology companies have been a driving force behind the U.S. stock market’s recent record rally…
Following President Trump’s address to Congress, Dow surges 300 points to blast past 21,000 for first time
Wall Street is giving President Trump’s first speech to Congress a standing ovation…
Apple supplier Sharp may begin building $7 billion U.S. plant in within months as Japan PM meets President Trump
Japanese display maker Sharp Corp may start building a $7 billion plant in the United States…
Dow hits record milestone of 20,000 on high hopes for Trump administration
High hopes for a business-friendly Donald Trump White House helped the Dow crack the 20K milestone…
Why Apple’s main supplier Foxconn might want a U.S. factory
The Apple supplier Foxconn is considering building a US-based factory for making large displays in the US…
Apple backing a big league manufacturing plant would be a huge win for President Trump
The new factory might be a joint investment with Apple…
Foxconn and Apple may team to build $7 billion manufacturing facility in U.S.; could create 50,000 new jobs during President Donald Trump’s first year
Foxconn Technology Group is considering building a U.S. display-making facility for upwards of $7 billion…
International Monetary Fund boosts growth forecast for US, citing President-elect Donald Trump’s policies
The International Monetary Fund on Monday said the U.S. economy would grow faster than previously expected in 2017 and 2018…
Foxconn-Sharp considering LCD plant in USA, plans in response to President-elect Trump’s ‘Make in America’ call
Hon Hai Precision Industry and its Japanese subsidiary Sharp have begun studying the possibility of building…
Boosted by Trump rally and Apple, Wall Street parties like it’s 19,999
The Dow came within one point of 20,000 for the first time ever on Friday…
Britain has world’s strongest economy after Brexit
Britain ended last year as the strongest of the world’s advanced economies with growth accelerating…
Apple invests $1 billion in SoftBank’s massive tech fund; may help company get in President Trump’s good graces
Apple confirmed on Tuesday that it is investing $1 billion in a massive new technology fund from Japan’s SoftBank Group…
New York Times story a sign that Apple is subtly pushing back on the idea of U.S. manufacturing?
Arguably more than any time in the past decade, the political pressure is on for Apple to bring back at least some of its manufacturing jobs from overseas…
Last-minute spending surge lifts U.S. holiday shopping season; President-elect Donald Trump claims credit
A jump in consumer spending in the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start…
Apple supplier Foxconn could be signaling U.S. expansion plans amid President-elect Trump’s ‘Made in America’ push
Terry Gou, the founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, could be moving closer to defining his U.S. expansion strategy…
Apple would rather kill U.S. manufacturing if it could, but doing so would be political suicide
To this day, the Mac Pro remains one of the few products that Apple actually manufactures in the U.S…
Apple in talks to invest $1 billion in SoftBank tech fund
Apple Inc. has held talks about investing in a $100 billion fund being raised by Japanese internet…
Wall Street indexes hit record highs as Trump rally continues
A month-long rally on Wall Street, sparked by Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, extended on Thursday, driving major Wall Street indexes to record highs…
Apple developing wind power in China in exchange for Foxconn’s U.S. expansion?
The world’s largest wind power turbine maker, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, announced a joint venture with Apple on wind power developments in China
Apple supplier Foxconn plans U.S. expansion amid President-elect Trump’s Made in America push
Foxconn Technology Group, which manufactures Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other products…
Apple supplier Foxconn eyes U.S. expansion as U.S. President-elect Trump woos Asian firms
An additional $7 billion investment and creation of a further 50,000 jobs…
President-elect Trump named TIME’s Person of the Year; tells Apple CEO Cook: ‘It’s my ambition to get Apple to build a great plant, your biggest and your best’
President-elect Donald Trump has been named “Person of the Year” by TIME Magazine, the 90th installment…
Softbank to invest $50 billion in the U.S., create 50,000 new tech jobs after meeting with President-elect Trump – and Apple supplier Foxconn is in on the deal
Softbank’s Masayoshi Son met with President-elect Donald Trump today and announced that he’ll be investing $50 billion dollars in the U.S. that will create 50,000 new tech jobs…
President-elect Trump invites tech leaders to roundtable in Manhattan next week
Most of Silicon Valley is moving from the ‘surprised and in denial’ phase to accepting the change that’s coming…
Cramer: Why Apple needs to be bigger than iPhone
Apple could also be affected by changing relations with China under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration…
President-elect Trump meets with Apple board member Al Gore at Trump Tower in Manhattan
Gore also had an earlier meeting with President-elect Trump’s daughter Ivanka…
Dow hits new all-time high; stocks have been on rip-roaring rally since Trump’s election
U.S. equities kicked off the week trading higher on Monday, unfazed by a key vote in Italy…
China is generating most, if not all, of Apple’s revenue and operating income growth
It is too bad that Apple didn’t introduce a larger screen iPhone earlier…
