Over the past few weeks, Sharp has been delivering new restructuring plans to Hon Hai.
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According to Reuters, Hon Hai derives 60% to 70% of revenues from iPhones and iPads.
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Four years ago, Hon Hai was smaller by revenue than Nasdaq-listed Flextronics International Ltd.
The Wednesday trip to Foxconn (a subdivision of Hon Hai) was, in part, damage control.
Sony is talking to two candidates in Taiwan: Hon Hai Precision and Asustek Computer.
Ongoing reports that Hon Hai is having trouble with manufacturing yields on the iPhone 5.
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Clearly, Hon Hai wants to be in on the ground floor of that revolution.
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Hon Hai has been under a microscope by labor groups for its work practices.
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This would have been a good deal for Sharp, and a fair deal for Hon Hai.
Some actions taken by Hon Hai have worsened the bad publicity triggered by the suicide wave.
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Still, there is reason to think this might prove a Pyrrhic victory for Hon Hai.
At which point the value of a deal to Hon Hai or Apple becomes apparent.
Last month, his younger brother, who had headed a Hon Hai affiliate, died after a long illness.
The report makes several references to one of Apple's biggest manufacturing partners, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
It is in talks with Hon Hai for a planned tie-up in liquid crystal display (LCD) production.
Hon Hai describes itself as the biggest manufacturing services provider to the computer, communication and consumer electronics industries.
Hon Hai's facility in Taiyuan alone employs roughly the same amount of workers that General Motors Co.
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Among the key Taiwan companies that have operations in Chongqing are electronics makers Hon Hai Precision IndustryCo.
The company has discussed such a device with its major manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
If LCDs have become such a miserable business, why is Hon Hai so keen to get into it?
For it is purely an artifact of the way that Hon Hai is organised that we have it.
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In other tech news Hon Hai (parent of Foxconn) is still negotiating over investing in Sharp.
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Hon Hai needs new sources for liquid crystal displays to meet rising demand from Apple, Amazon and other customers.
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But five-time Fab 50 member Hon Hai Precision Industry of Taiwan and its Foxconn Technology unit have learned otherwise.
Shares in Japan's Sharp have risen amid speculation Taiwan's Hon Hai may double its stake in the ailing firm.
LG, which provides displays for Apple products, fell 3.1%, and Hon Hai, which assembles iPhones and iPads, dropped 3.2%.
Hon Hai may think that, with its ruthless attention to costs, it can succeed where the Japanese have failed.
Mr. Gou said the letter was poorly worded by Hon Hai's legal team.
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In my analysis, the biggest contributor to the slowing sales at Hon Hai is the slowing sales growth of iPhones.
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Now, Hon Hai is so much larger that even after a merger announced in June between Flextronics and Solectron Corp.
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