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    Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver?

    Mar 30, 2012 10:11 PM EDT

    ... FLA's Auret Van Heerden discuss the group's findings. ... JEFFREY BROWN: And we turn to a pledge to improve working conditions at one of Apple's major suppliers in China. As Apple surged toward its status as the world's most valuable company, the calls for it to account ...

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    News Wrap: Apple Will Pay Dividends; Romney Targets Obama in Ill.

    Mar 19, 2012 04:00 AM EDT

    ... Apple shares hit an all-time high of $600 apiece last week. They closed above that level today for the first time. The news from Apple helped Wall Street stave off a losing day. The Dow Jones industrial average gained six points to close at 13,239. The Nasdaq rose ...

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    The Agony and the Dishonesty of Mike Daisey's Apple Story

    Mar 16, 2012 08:47 PM EDT

    ... his monologue he claims to have met a group of workers who were poisoned on an iPhone assembly line by a chemical called n-hexane. Apple's audits of its suppliers show that an incident like this occurred in a factory in China, but the factory wasn't located in ...

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    Who Makes Apple's Gadgets and Under What Conditions?

    Feb 14, 2012 11:23 PM EDT

    ... there's a couple of things here. As I say, the FLA is probably a big step up in terms of having a watchdog. Also, Apple has clout that no other company does. Hon Hai gets 21 percent of its $60 billion in annual revenue from Apple. So, if Apple ...

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    What Does Future Hold for Tech World, Apple Without Jobs?

    Oct 06, 2011 10:19 PM EDT

    ... he leaves behind this magnificent legacy, there will be people who fill that hole at Apple and elsewhere. JEFFREY BROWN: What is the challenge for Apple and these other companies now? VINT CERF: First of all, all the products that come out of Apple didn't come out of just ...

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    Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Has 'Common Vision' on Changing the World

    Oct 06, 2011 09:06 PM EDT

    Upon the death of Steve Jobs, we dipped into the NewsHour's video vault for past coverage of Apple and Jobs. We uncovered this 1985 piece by Elizabeth Brackett that captures a tumultuous time in the company's history. In the report, Apple's then-CEO John Sculley, who was ...

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    Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Employees Have 'Common Vision' on Changing the World

    Oct 06, 2011 07:07 PM EDT

    ... ULRIC WEIL: Yes. ELIZABETH BRACKETT: Most in the business community are pulling for Apple. Most do not want to see the innovation and creativity that Apple brings to the computer market lost. But pulling for Apple and buying an Apple product are not necessarily one in the same, and Apple ...

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    Apple's Steve Jobs Dies at Age 56

    Oct 05, 2011 11:42 PM EDT

    Updated 8:53 p.m. ET Apple said in a brief statement late Wednesday that company co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died. Jobs, 56, has been suffering from pancreatic cancer and has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since Jan. 17. He underwent a liver ...

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    What Will Happen to Innovation at Apple With Jobs Out as CEO?

    Aug 25, 2011 10:13 PM EDT

    ... for. RAY SUAREZ: And, Charles Golvin, before we go, briefly, what do people who do what you do for a living watch for now from Apple? What are analysts going to be looking for to see just how much of a role the new chairman Steve Jobs will have? CHARLES ...

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    Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

    Aug 24, 2011 10:58 PM EDT

    ... since Jan. 17. The company released this letter: PRESS RELEASE: Letter from Steve Jobs August 24, 2011-To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's ...