Tag: Economy
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iSweatshop – Not giving everyone a bite of the Apple?
Got an iPod? You’ve got to check this out: Following the expose of Foxxconn in China, who assemble Apple’s Nanos and iPods, Apple now say they are looking into the claims of sweatshops, workers having to work 15 hour days, and forced overtime. Very embarassing for Apple, who tries so hard to seem like a…
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Parcelforce? More like Parcelfarce…
I try and make sure when I receive bad service from a company, that I communicate it as an incentive for those companies to get better (cf. bloggers talking about Kryptonite locks) but in this case, you may not have a choice. I won a bid on eBay and the guy after much groaning about…