The world's three major IT companies — Apple, HP and Dell — are reportedly respectively conducting investigations on the working conditions of Foxconn following the series of suicides happened in the Shenzhen factory of this Taiwan-based original electronics manufacturer.

Executives from the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu talked over the past weekend with striking workers who protested against the company's salary cuts and its new sales commission policies.

While most electronics companies are busy cutting staff, Chinese electronics retailer Gome announced plans to hire 20,000 migrant workers for its four subsidiaries in China.

Three trade unions in Hong Kong have called on 1500 employees at PCCW to protest against the company's job cuts and salary reductions and request the Hong Kong SAR government's intervention in the company's irresponsible behaviors.

Intel has decided to cancel its Intel Developer Forum held in Taiwan from 2009 and the company will only hold such forums in Beijing and San Francisco, respectively.

Taiwan-based technology manufacturing group Hon Hai Precision will become the general agent for Apple's (AAPL) products on the Chinese mainland and the company will start its large-scale deployment in the mainland channels market later this year.

A group of people claiming to be marketing department staff of Sony Ericsson have gathered on a cold day outside the headquarters of Sony Ericsson in the Wangjing section of Beijing, asking for compensation after their labor contracts were terminated.

According to information from the Chinese online home appliances store All3c.com, three Chinese TV makers of Skyworth, TCL, and Changhong have signed direct supply agreements with the website to sell their products through All3c.com's Internet channel.

Foxconn, the Chinese original equipment manufacturer that was embroiled in controversy about working conditions two years ago at its factory that manufacturered Apple iPods, is rumored to be reducing its electronics manufacturing staff without formally declaring the cuts.

According to the information from Beijing Labor Service Management Center, the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau, and the Business Management Department of People's Bank of China have jointly announced plans to enlarge the coverage of discount loans applied for by Beijing's unemployed to assist them in starting their [...]

Shanda (SNDA) has released its internal salaries and benefits adjustments for 2008, which says the company will raise the salaries of key staff by over 40%.

A survey targeted at 52 Japanese companies operating in China shows that two-thirds of these companies are respected by less than 10% of the respondents.

A labor dispute reportedly caused by a reduction of workers' salaries has arisen at Casio's Guangzhou factory.