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Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 5.7% YoY to ~$59B, as cloud and networking demand falls, net profit up 33% YoY to $1.69B, and expects flat 2024 consumer demand (Kosaku Narioka/Wall Street Journal)
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Biden trolls Trump by unveiling new $3bn facility on site of failed FoxConn plant | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-trump-microsoft-center-foxconn-b2541755.html

Biden trolls Trump by unveiling new $3bn facility on site of failed FoxConn plant
‘Look what happened — they dug a hole with those golden shovels and then they fell into it,’ the president said, of Trump and Republicans who made widely publicized promises about money and jobs that never materialized in Wisconsin

Biden touts new Microsoft AI center on site of Trump’s failed Foxconn deal
President Biden will champion a new Microsoft artificial intelligence investment in Wisconsin on Wednesday
— showcasing the failed economic commitments of his political rival Donald Trump, whose promises for a key Foxconn plant in the battleground state never materialized.

The president will appear in Racine, Wis., at the site of the failed Foxconn manufacturing campus,
to announce Microsoft’…

Biden touts Microsoft AI center on site of Trump’s failed Foxconn deal
The multibillion-dollar investment is expected to create 2,000 permanent jobs and 2,300 temporary union construction jobs.

Microsoft investiert 3,3 Milliarden US-Dollar in KI-Rechenzentrum in Wisconsin
US-Präsident Biden kündigt das neue Datenzentrum am selben Ort an, an dem Trumps Foxconn-Projekt scheiterte. In Nigeria baut Microsoft dagegen Stellen ab.

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to ~$40.9B, net profit up 72% YoY to ~$679M, and consumer electronics was 48% of its revenue while cloud was 28% (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/apple-supplier-foxc…

Sources: Foxconn is considering a new rotating CEO system, a major and unusual overhaul to nurture talent; a source says the plan is a response to investors (Yimou Lee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/foxconn-considers…

I still can’t believe that so many people in southeast Wisconsin thought the #Foxconn deal was going to amount to anything (it didn’t). Instead, #Microsoft got what I assume is a sweetheart deal on the abandoned property with $500 million in public infrastructure already in place
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https://geeknews.chat/@theregister/112407875742077592

Führende Köpfe von Apple, ARM und Softbank bei Foxconn-Feier zum 50. Jubiläum
Der taiwanische Elektronikhersteller Foxconn wird 50 Jahre. Trotz politischem Druck Chinas feiern Apples Betriebsleiter und die Chefs von Softbank und ARM mit.

I still can’t believe that so many people in southeast Wisconsin thought the #Foxconn deal was going to amount to anything (it didn’t). Instead, #Microsoft got what I assume is a sweetheart deal on the abandoned property with $500 million in public infrastructure already in place
From: @…
https://geeknews.chat/@theregister/112407875742077592

Sources: Apple COO Jeff Williams makes a rare visit to Taiwan to celebrate Foxconn's 50th anniversary, joining SVP of Operations Sabih Khan at a gala event (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

Apple’s Jeff Williams Makes Rare Taiwan Visit for Foxconn Gala
Apple Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is on a rare visit to Taiwan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Foxconn, the company that helped build the iPhone empire by assembling those devices to exacting standards in factories across China.

Mittwoch: Copyright-Strafe in USA aufgehoben, Neuralink-Implantat erfolgreich
ISP vermeidet Milliardenstrafe Maussteuerung mit Gedanken Business-Prominenz bei Foxconn-Feier Android-Trojaner auf iPhone Limits für Balkonkraftwerke

Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company implemented a rotating CEO system this month, aiming to nurture successors, choosing a leader from its six businesses (Yimou Lee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-supplier-f…