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Plan for Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil hits snag

article published on 29 September, 2011

Government sources have noted today that a highly anticipated $12 billion plan for Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil is now seriously "in doubt" thanks to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks. Additionally, Brazil apparently lacks skilled labor, say the sources. Factories being hit with high taxes, an overvalued currency and lack of skilled factory workers has put the deal in complete ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		30. September 2011 @ 03:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I can see why they would want to go to Brazil...the people are poor and Catholic...that means they will work for almost any wages and they consider suicide to be the worst sin imaginable. Plus, they are against birth control, so the future generations of child labor will be massive.
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FreddyF
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_ 		30. September 2011 @ 10:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I doubt they are asking for anything Brazil hasn't given to other companies to encourage them to move there. I also don't see the problem with unskilled workers, I thought they were all going to be robots.

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v62cobra
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_ 		30. September 2011 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope Foxconn falls apart and dies off. What an evil empire. I just got some dual core workstations and sold them immediately knowing that Foxconn built them. As for Brazil, they are just evil scum like China. China gives them so much $$$. They are the crack whore of Brazil. No money for their crack so they spread their legs to get their fix. But at least Brazil has some of the hottest girls ever!
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