Suck it up, Marissa: Working from home just grew 35%

March 6, 2013 9:35 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The latest U.S. census data says that working from home for at least one day a week grew 34 percent, and this comes just a couple of weeks after CEO Marissa Mayer famously killed Yahoo's telecommuting policy.

Following heavy criticism, Apple announces new investigation into Foxconn labor conditions

February 13, 2012 5:56 AM Ben Popper
Ben Popper

Last month saw several big stories on poor working conditions at the factories in China where makes Apple products. Chief executive Tim Cook initially responded by saying that Apple had nothing to apologize for. Now Apple has announced a series …

Foxconn plans to create a million robots to replace workers within three years

July 31, 2011 11:12 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Foxconn plans to replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in the next three years in order to cut rising labor expenses.

The Taiwanese manufacturing company, which makes high-profile products for companies such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard, will …