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A boutique firm with unparalleled expertise in business and technology. We have good command of industrial ecology and legal practice, and have undertaken highly regarded cases. Because the small business scope, we pay more emphasis on effectiveness and efficiency, and choose clients with deliberation. The managing partner not only has extensive experiences in various legal issues more over than 20 years, but invests and manages several technology companies. In addition, he always checks each case rigorously. Clients’ business objectives are our primary focus. To achieve the same in the most cost-effective fashion trumps all seemingly sophisticated legal discussions.

Apple Leaving No Quarters for Suppliers

2016 - 09 - 01

Even for a company as rick like Apple, cutting price and order volume is a must, leaving no quarters for its suppliers.

Apple再怎樣富可敵國，照樣雙刀砍（砍價格、砍單量）；活不下去？你家大事，干我啥事。

Apple suppliers say the Cupertino, Calif., company has told them to accept price cuts for parts destined for the next-generation iPhone while cutting forecasts for order volume.

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那這張圖又代表什麼呢?

由於iPhone已經是個無聊的產品了；上一季，供應鏈裡各家公司的淨利都跌。蘋果本身掉27%，富士康31%，大立光27%，可成26.4%，和碩14.3%，台積電8.7%

Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Ltd., said its operating margin slid to 2.3% from 3.4% in the second quarter from a year earlier.

富士康的茅山道士（毛利率3到4%）也守不住了。現在，是2.3%

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