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Apple Sees Little Impact from Japan Tragedy

Apr 20, 2011, 4:54 PM by Rich Brome

In a quarterly earnings call today, Apple addressed the impact of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan on Apple's business. The company has worked with its Japanese suppliers on various contingency plans, and as a result, expects no material impact on its supply chain and costs, at least in the first half of the year. The company expressed a small degree of uncertainty about impact during the second half of the year.

source: Apple

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TheRobotDevil

Apr 20, 2011, 6:12 PM

Where Are Our Priorities?

Lets see...thousands dead, millions homeless, billions in damages, but as long as we can still get our iPhones and iPads I guess everything is OK.

Rich Brome

Apple was very sensitive to the tragedy in the call.

But Apple also has responsibility to its investors. Should Apple not try to gets its supply chain back in order?

Apple is also supporting Japanese businesses and their employees by maki...
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T Bone

Yes, because cutting off a significant source of revenue and putting Japanese workers in the unemployment line is definitely going to help make rebuilding in Japan easier.....

Errr....no.....

Look, these companies, and their employees WANT to ge...
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