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**[[Taiwan]]ese manufacturer [[Foxconn]] announces the company is reconsidering their plan to manufacture [[Liquid-crystal display|LCD]] panels in a promised [[Wisconsin]] plant because of a changed global marketplace, and the high cost of [[United States]] labor. Foxconn said, earlier in January, it still planned to create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin pledged subsidies worth more than $3bn. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47062142 (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-foxconn-wisconsin-exclusive-idUSKCN1PO0FV (Reuters)] |
**[[Taiwan]]ese manufacturer [[Foxconn]] announces the company is reconsidering their plan to manufacture [[Liquid-crystal display|LCD]] panels in a promised [[Wisconsin]] plant because of a changed global marketplace, and the high cost of [[United States]] labor. Foxconn said, earlier in January, it still planned to create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin pledged subsidies worth more than $3bn. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47062142 (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-foxconn-wisconsin-exclusive-idUSKCN1PO0FV (Reuters)] |
Revision as of 01:01, 31 January 2019
January 30, 2019
(Wednesday)
Ebola virus kills dozens as 2 soldiers die vomiting blood at busy airport
- Foxconn's Wisconsin plant
- Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn announces the company is reconsidering their plan to manufacture LCD panels in a promised Wisconsin plant because of a changed global marketplace, and the high cost of United States labor. Foxconn said, earlier in January, it still planned to create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin pledged subsidies worth more than $3bn. (BBC) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018–19 North American winter
- Two overcrowded boats carrying migrants capsize off the coast of Djibouti, leaving at least 28 people dead and over 130 others missing, according to the International Organization for Migration. (The Guardian)