Apple firm raises salaries after suicides

TAIWAN: Foxconn Technology Group, whose workers assemble iPads and other Apple gadgets, has raised wages by up to 25 per cent after a spate of suicides among its staff.

Foxconn said its Chinese workers now receive £180 to £250 per month following pay rises which took effect on 1 February.

Foxconn employs about one million workers at several massive plants in China.