Editor's Pick: Bad News Hounds Apple Days Before iPhone Gala

Bad News Hounds Apple Days Before iPhone Gala

John P. Mello Jr. 09/05/14 5:00 AM PT

Just as Apple's stock was showing signs of recovery on Thursday, two activist groups released a report critical of work conditions at an Apple supplier in China. Its shares slipped to $98 by market close. The groups, China Labor Watch and Green America, found extensive law and code violations in a factory operated by Catcher Technology in Suqian, China. The violations reported include discriminatory hiring practices, excessive working hours, mandatory overtime, training documentation fraud, locked fire exits and windows, and environmental pollution. [More...]

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