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Foxconn says needs more time to further cut workers' overtime

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge.Full story

Inside Apple's Foxconn

  Chinese electronics giant Foxconn is seeing a slowdown in orders, reports CNBC's Eunice Yoon. Colin Gillis, BGC Financial; Jez Frampton, Interbrand Group; and CNBC's Jon Fortt, discuss potential reasons and what it says about larger tech and electronic...

Foxconn Workers Report Slowdown in Orders

  CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports that what happens at Foxconn is seen as a barometer for the tech industry.

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  The AppleTV Rumors are Back!

Dennis Berman, Wall Street Journal, and Brian Cooley, CNET editor-at-large, discuss reports Chinese manufacturer, Foxconn, received orders for trial production of an AppleTV.

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Workers walk out at the gate of a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in Shenzhen, Guangdong province December 18, 2012. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu