• If you are having problems logging in please use the Contact Us in the lower right hand corner of the forum page for assistance.

Obama ignores the law again...

Steve

Well-known member
The Obama administration has vetoed a federal commission’s ban that would have forced Apple to stop selling some iPhones and iPads in the United States next week, a rare intervention by the White House and a victory for Apple in its heated patent war with Samsung Electronics.

The United States International Trade Commission in June ordered a ban of older-model Apple products that worked with AT&T’s network, including the iPhone 4 and 3GS, after determining that Apple had violated a patent that Samsung owned. The administration had until Monday to weigh in.

It was the first time that an administration has vetoed an International Trade Commission ban since 1987.

Ms. Ross, the trade lawyer, said the administration’s veto announced on Saturday will effectively remove a major bargaining chip for Samsung that could have disrupted Apple’s manufacturing facilities for making iPhones and iPads.

funny how some corporations are not considered evil and get breaks,.. even if they basically have slave wages and slave conditions manufacturing their products..


oh well so much for liberals principles..
 

Steve

Well-known member
speaking of made in the USA..

it seems that corporations such as Apple,. may have learned that if our economy tanks and we do not have any money because our jobs were outsourced by them ... causing them to eventually lose money..

Google, Apple, other gadget makers chant 'U-S-A! U-S-A!'

Google's (GOOG) Moto X smartphone, announced Thursday, is part of a renaissance of consumer electronics manufacturing in the U.S.

The Moto X, from Google's Motorola unit, is being built by contract manufacturer Flextronics (FLEX) at a factory in Fort Worth, Texas. Motorola proudly proclaims that the Moto X is "the first smartphone assembled in the USA."

Consumer electronics manufacturing long ago shifted to Asia, particularly China and Taiwan. But U.S. corporate executives are finding good business reasons to bring some manufacturing back home, beyond just national pride.

The Moto X is the new flagship smartphone for Motorola and the first developed from the start under Google's ownership.

Motorola says building the handset in the U.S. will let it make changes faster and better respond to market demand.

"There are several business advantages to having our Illinois- and California-based designers and engineers much closer to our factory," Motorola said in a statement. "For instance, we'll be able to iterate on design much faster, create a leaner supply chain, respond much more quickly to purchasing trends and demands, and deliver devices to people here much more quickly."

Having a U.S.-built smartphone is playing into Motorola's marketing campaign for the new handset, the New York Times reported.

Meanwhile, Apple (AAPL) is assembling its newest Mac Pro desktop computer at a factory in Texas. Apple CEO Tim Cook told a Senate subcommittee in May the company is investing $100 million to build the Mac product line.

"The product will be assembled in Texas, include components made in Illinois and Florida, and rely on equipment produced in Kentucky and Michigan," Cook said.

The next-generation Mac Pro features a radical cylindrical design and will go on sale later this year.

In June, China's Lenovo opened its first U.S. computer manufacturing line. The world's largest PC manufacturer, Lenovo is making desktop and notebook computers at the North Carolina factory.

seems like Texas is not just taking jobs from the union and liberal states.. :shock:

or is China about to have a bit of hyper-inflation? making it much more costly to manufacture there?
 
Top