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WSJ: Foxconn Now Recruiting In Preparation For The iPhone 5S

Foxconn has begun taking on new workers as it prepares to begin production of Apple’s next iPhone, according to two seperate reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

The company has added to its numbers at an iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, eastern China, ending a freeze on recruitment that was implemented back in February. The new workers will reportedly assemble the upcoming “iPhone 5S,” as well as existing models that Apple has requested to boost capacity, a supply chain source said.

The Zhengzhou plant employs between 250,000 and 300,000 people, and around 10,000 assembly line workers have been added per week since the end of March, WSJ reports. A Foxconn spokesman declined to reveal the specifics behind the hirings, saying only that “Foxconn will continue to expand its workforce in Zhengzhou to meet seasonal demand from clients.”

But executives familiar with the company’s plans aren’t as keen to keep quiet. “We have been very busy recently as we will start mass-producing the new iPhone soon,” one told WSJ.

Recent reports have claimed that the iPhone 5S will enter production during the second quarter of 2013, ahead of its launch later this year. It could also be joined by a low-cost iPhone which could help Apple compete with the likes of Samsung in emerging markets.

Foxconn is said to be feeling the pressure of the increased competition Apple is receiving in the smartphone and tablet markets recently, and it saw lower-than-expected revenue during March. It’s thought, however, that business will pick up around May when Apple’s new devices enter production.

Foxconn currently employs around 1.4 million workers in China, with plants in Chengdu, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou.


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Police work a crime scene Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston, where residents heard gunfire and explosions.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

WATERTOWN, Mass. – Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday, authorities said as the manhunt intensified for a young man described as a dangerous terrorist.

In Boston, still on edge over the attack on the marathon, and its western suburbs, authorities suspended mass transit and urged people to stay indoors as they searched for a man seen wearing a white baseball cap on surveillance footage from Monday’s deadly bombing at the marathon finish line.

“We believe this man to be a terrorist,” said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, who urged nearby residents to stay in their homes unless police are present. “We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people.”

Authorities urged residents in Watertown, Newton, Arlington, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge and the Allston-Brighton neighbourhoods of Boston to stay indoors. All mass transit was shut down, and businesses were asked not to open Friday. At least a quarter of a million people live in those suburbs. People waiting at bus and subway stops were told to go home.

All modes of public transportation were shut down, including buses, subways, trolleys, commuter rail and boats, said Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. CNN reports all public schools and colleges in Boston have been shut down and Amtrak trains will be prevented from leaving or entering the city.

The clashes with police began only a few hours after the FBI released photos and videos of the two young men, who were seen carrying backpacks as they mingled among marathon revelers. The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, and authorities revealed the images to enlist the public’s help finding the suspects.

The images released by the FBI depict two young men, each wearing a baseball cap, walking one behind the other near the finish line. Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said the suspect in the white hat was seen setting down a bag at the site of the second of two deadly explosions.

Authorities said surveillance tape recorded later Thursday showed the suspect known for the white hat during a robbery of a convenience store in Cambridge, near the campus of MIT, where a university police officer was killed while responding to a report of a disturbance, said State Police Col Timothy Alben. The officer died of multiple gunshot wounds.

From there, authorities say, two men carjacked a man in a Mercedes-Benz, keeping him with them in the car for half an hour before releasing him at a gas station in Cambridge. The man was not injured.

The search for the vehicle led to a chase that ended in Watertown, where authorities said the suspects threw explosive devices from the car and exchanged gunfire with police. A transit police officer was seriously injured during the chase, authorities said.

In Watertown, witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and explosions at about 1 a.m. Friday. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents were in the neighbourhood and a helicopter circled overhead.

Watertown resident Christine Yajko said she was awakened at about 1:30 a.m. by a loud noise, began to walk to her kitchen and heard gunfire.

“I heard the explosion, so I stepped back from that area, then I went back out and heard a second one,” she said. “It was very loud. It shook the house a little.”

She said a police officer later knocked on her door and told her there was an undetonated improvised explosive device in the street and warned her to stay away from the windows.

“It was on the street, right near our kitchen window,” she said.

Yajko said she never saw the suspect who was on the loose and didn’t realize the violence was related to the marathon bombings until she turned on the TV and began watching what was happening outside her side door.

State police spokesman David Procopio said, “The incident in Watertown did involve what we believe to be explosive devices possibly, potentially, being used against the police officers.”

Boston cab driver Imran Saif said he was standing on a street corner at a police barricade across from a diner when he heard an explosion.

“I heard a loud boom and then a rapid succession of pop, pop, pop,” he said. “It sounded like automatic weapons. And then I heard the second explosion.”

He said he could smell something burning and advanced to check it out but area residents at their windows yelled at him, “Hey, it’s gunfire! Don’t go that way!”

Doctors at a Boston hospital where a suspect in the marathon bombings was taken and later died are saying they treated a man with a possible blast injury and multiple gunshot wounds.

MIT said right after the 10:30 p.m. shooting that police were sweeping the campus in Cambridge and urged people to remain indoors. They urged people urged to stay away from the Stata Center, a mixed-use building with faculty offices, classrooms and a common area.

The suspects’ images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service in Boston to remember the dead and the wounded.

At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama saluted the resolve of the people of Boston and mocked the bombers as “these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build and think somehow that makes them important.”

“We will find you,” he warned.

By Meghan Barr And Katie Zezima - The Associated Press

Organizations: MIT, FBI, Boston Marathon Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Amtrak Mercedes-Benz Boston hospital Stata Center Cathedral of the Holy Cross The Associated Press

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    Too bad they killed one. Death is too easy for people like this. They need to live a horrible life of pain and torture.

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WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State University continued to receive strong pitching performances in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) games as the Owls swept MCLA, 3-2 and 9-0, on Tuesday afternoon, April 24.
Westfield improves to 17-15 overall and 9-3 in the MASCAC. MCLA drops to 11-22 and 2-10.
In the opener, southpaw Roman Mondalto threw a complete-game four-hitter with nine strikeouts and no walks in improving his record to 3-1 and lowering his ERA to 1.80.
In the nightcap, sophomore Tommy Carroll hurled the first five innings, allowing three hits and no walks in boosting his record to 4-3.
Westfield took a 1-0 lead in the opener when hot-hitting Kevin Greene led off the second inning with a double and scored on a single by Josh Blair.
MCLA tied the score in the fourth when Joe Duncan led off with a single up the middle, stole second, advanced to third on a ground out and scored on Cody Weaver's RBI ground out.
The Owls scored two big runs in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead. With the bases empty and two outs, Matt Kelly singled and scored on freshman first baseman Dan Rokitowski's double down the left field line. Freshman designated hitter Nick Champeau followed with an RBI single.
MCLA scored a run in the sixth when Duncan singled and advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt. He scored on Weaver's two-out double to right field.
The crafty Mondalto retired the final four batters to notch the key conference victory.
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When grading the Dodgers’ first half of the season, money matters. This is the most expensive team in baseball history with an opening-day payroll north of $235 million, according to the Associated Press. It has to sting to see the small-market Oakland A’s (opening-day payroll: $83.4 million, per AP) with the major leagues’ best record at 59-36.

Perspective matters, too. The Dodgers, at 54-43, have the National League’s best record by a half-game over Milwaukee. The pessimist notes the Dodgers are on pace for 90 wins — wild-card worthy in a typical year — but the optimist notes the Dodgers are the only club on pace for 90 wins in a mediocre National League.

Dodger problems, it seems, aren’t bad problems to have.

The Dodgers are a top-three team in the NL in terms of runs, batting average and OPS. They’re first in all of those categories when playing away from their pitcher-friendly home park. You can cherry-pick the individual shortcomings, many of which are fair. Matt Kemp’s power stroke isn’t quite back; Andre Ethier and Adrian Gonzalez aren’t hitting for average and Hanley Ramirez can’t stay healthy. Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig seem to be the only consistent spark plugs, but they’re All-Stars surrounded by four dangerous bats on most nights.

When General Manager Ned Colletti signed Dan Haren last winter, he knew what he was getting: a fifth starter whose ERA has dropped by more than a full run after the All-Star break the last two seasons. True to form, Haren is 8-6 with a 4.23 ERA and the Dodgers’ top four starters are a combined 36-17 with a 2.57 ERA. Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu arguably are the top trio in the National League. A rejuvenated Josh Beckett has been a pleasant surprise. The Dodgers’ system isn’t teeming with immediate help and the trade market isn’t likely to alter their projected playoff rotation, either. No biggie. The Dodgers might not encounter a better starting staff until the World Series.

Kenley Jansen is owning the ninth inning as expected (27 saves in 30 chances) and J.P. Howell (2.57 FIP) is perfect as a situational left-hander. That’s the good. The bad is more subtle. Brandon League, Brian Wilson (4.67 FIP) and Chris Perez (5.17) have spent most of their careers as closers. This year, they’ve been in the novel position of pitching in mostly low-leverage situations. Only League has adapted well. Does Colletti trade Wilson and/or Perez or wait for the veterans to come around? A trade might require the Dodgers to eat salary, but the patient route might be more costly.

Considering the pitchers’ strikeout rate (22.6 percent, best in the NL) and Gonzalez’s vacuum of a glove at first base, the Dodgers can get away with more mistakes than most teams in the field. Good thing, too. Ramirez’s glove has become a major liability at shortstop and center field has become a revolving door of below-average defenders. If the Dodgers can thrive despite their defensive shortcomings — say, by winning the World Series, say — maybe Ramirez stays as shortstop through October and beyond. Same for Kemp, Ethier and/or Scott Van Slyke in center field. Otherwise, forging a short-term solution could be difficult.

Don Mattingly voluntarily accepted the “bad cop” role that comes with finding enough at-bats to satisfy five potential starting outfielders. The situation hasn’t combusted, which is a credit to him. It’s always easier for players to buy in when the team is winning. So far, so good. Even Puig has kept his nose clean and listened to his superiors. An inflexible roster with no true center fielders and ill-fitting bullpen parts isn’t the coaching staff’s fault. Juggling the lineup without getting results is, but Mattingly seems to have settled down in that regard.

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Travel Expert Lands Big Fish and Doles Out Tips for Your European Trip

 Map and atlas publisher Rand McNally, looking to diversify its business, bought in March. John Peters started this year like many entrepreneurs, in desperate need of cash to keep his business running. It didn't help that he was in the online travel business, a sector that dried up along with the economy.

A previously announced financing deal for his travel deals Web site fell through and he had to let his staff go. In a blog item in February, he clearly had hit rock bottom: "This week started out as a very difficult one for me. I had to tell my great team that our newest investor had decided not to fund the company as agreed in December and, as a result, we were all, effective immediately, out of a job."

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Map and atlas publisher Rand McNally, looking to diversify its business, bought in March. The deal meant Peters had to give up his president and CEO role for a VP job, but it saved the business he started three years earlier.

The site continues to offer interactive travel referral services, focused on connecting travelers with qualified and customer-rated travel specialists. Available free to consumers, uses proprietary technology to match traveler requests with travel professionals. Remember travel agents, the people in the industry who can truly find you the right deals without having to make a connection through Wichita, Kansas, are still around. has developed a community of over 13,800 travel specialists and has processed more than 130,000 trip requests from online travelers since it launched in 2008. For Rand McNally, the purchase fit in with its move to providing more services for travelers, helping them figure out not just where they are, but how to get there.

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"While Rand McNally has traditionally provided the tools and advice for travelers to plan their North American road trips, we are pleased to offer a way for consumers to book their dream trips with trusted advisers in the travel agent community," says Dave Muscatel, CEO of Rand McNally, in a statement announcing the Tripology deal. "With the Tripology acquisition, our company will be uniquely positioned to offer both on-line and off-line advice."

Getting settled in his new offices in Skokie, Ill, Peters took a couple of minutes to give DailyFinance an overview of what U.S. travelers going abroad this summer can expect, given the weak euro and civil unrest in Europe.

DailyFinance: Is the strengthening dollar having any impact on European travel?
Peters: Yes. There are certainly some good values available in Europe this year. However, when compared to the amazing deals of 2009, pricing will seem more normalized. Bottom line: There are deals, and travelers should take advantage of them, because 2011 will bring higher pricing.

How about the unrest?
Protests and strikes are a fairly normal part of European life. Having said that, travelers should be comfortable while traveling and evaluate all situations. Some countries, like Greece, are experiencing financial woes that are leading to strife right now, but all of Europe is working to resolve this problem.

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2009 was the year of the deal. There was a lot of quality, distressed inventory that travel suppliers priced to move. 2010, however, is the year of value. It's key to stay away from "cheap" because you'll again get what you pay for. As an example, "do it yourself" consumers need to be careful about what appears to be a travel deal online.

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I get tired of this same old "buy and hold" advice. In every secular bear market, folks who "stayed the course" generally made very little or no money. Instead, if they'd followed trends and got out of the market when it was crashing and bought back in at some point near the bottom, they'd have increased their wealth substantially.

This heavily edited comment is similar to many we receive at the Fool. I see more of these any time the market's down, as it has been recently. Let me point out why this type of thinking is not only wrong but dangerous. Plus, I'll tell you about what is perhaps the most overlooked factor keeping you from achieving great long-term performance.

What is "buy and hold?"
First, let's define some terms so we're all talking about the same thing. Most of us at the Fool advocate buying a stock with the intention of holding for the long term. We do not advocate buying, forgetting, and never monitoring your investment (though there is some illustrative power in that; see below). We may decide to sell for any number of reasons, including valuation or a change in the original investing thesis -- all of which are different from market timing.

I define market timing the same as my commenter above: The ability to call tops and bottoms and sell and buy all of our stocks accordingly. I do not mean to imply that we can't reasonably say when the market as a whole seems undervalued or richly valued -- but as we know, the market can continue to go down (or up!) a lot longer than common sense would dictate.

With that out of the way, here's why "buy to hold" investing works, and market timing doesn't.

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Studies have shown a direct correlation between the amount of trading and portfolio performance, and not in a good way. Brad Barber and Terrance Odean have published at least two studies on this subject, concluding that "trading is hazardous to your wealth."

Studies are one thing, but direct observational experience is another. Everyone can name several great buy-and-hold investors, such as Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ben Graham, and Philip Fisher. None of these folks made their fortune by predicting market tops and bottoms; rather, they found great companies at fair prices and held most of them for a long time.

Our own David and Tom Gardner are another example of verifiable, on-the-record success. This coming March will mark the 10th anniversary of Motley Fool Stock Advisor, and the brothers have averaged 90+% returns for their monthly stock recommendations. Equal amounts placed in the S&P 500 over that time would have averaged 10.8%.

Now, let me ask you, who are history's great market timers?

Coming up with just a few names wouldn't be enough to stack against the list of buy-and-hold investors, but at least we could consider the possibility that market timing was viable for some people. Problem is, I'll bet you can't come up with one. Single. Name.

Sure, there have been people who've made great timing calls; with dozens of bull and bear "experts" constantly cacophonying on CNBC and the like, there are folks who are bound to get some calls right. But they can't do it consistently.

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Again, while I don't advocate buy-and-forget investing, I wanted to bring up a great example of the power of buying and holding great companies. In July of 1995, Tom Gardner was inspired by a TV ad from a big financial firm, preaching that the individual investor just didn't have what it took to manage his own money. Tom wrote: "I decided to string together a portfolio of 10 stocks online that I believed could be held as a group for 10 years and expected to generate excellent returns."

Here are those 10 stocks, which he dubbed the Simpleton Portfolio, along with returns to-date:

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Dell (NAS: DELL)

America Online

Sun Microsystems

Cisco (NAS: CSCO)

Texas Instruments (NYS: TXN)

Intel (NAS: INTC)

Gap (NYS: GPS)

Microsoft (NAS: MSFT)

Hewlett-Packard (NYS: HPQ)

Silicon Graphics

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1-Estimated returns including Time Warner merger and spinoff.
2-Estimated returns including acquisition by Oracle.
3-Silicon Graphics (then SGI) filed for bankruptcy in 2009.

First, let me come right out and say that all of these companies are still well off their all-time highs, achieved at the height of the tech bubble that popped in 2000. Still, a lot about what you need to know about investing is encapsulated in this one remarkable table. Tom began this Simpleton Portfolio with about five years to go in a great bull market, which was followed by the great aforementioned crash of 2000. Since then, of course, we had a modest rise in the market, followed by yet another crash, the "Great Recession," fear and loathing in Europe, Lady Gaga, and the debt-ceiling debacle.

This portfolio reflects bankruptcies, mergers, spinoffs, and several market cycles. It also reflects the awesome power of finding and investing in a portfolio of dominant and innovative companies. Some won't work out, of course, and some will spectacularly.

One secret ingredient
And now the most important part of this article, that most-overlooked factor in achieving great returns I mentioned earlier. It is this: The simple step of adding new money to the market on a regular basis. If you aren't doing this, you're cutting yourself off at the knees.

For example, from the date Stock Advisor launched until now, the S&P 500 is almost exactly where it was nine-and-a-half years ago. And yet, as I mentioned above, those who invested monthly -- through the ups and downs of a very tumultuous period -- would have an average return of 10.8% for each of those monthly positions!

Another example is the oft-quoted tidbit that it took 25 years for investors to break even during the Great Depression. On Sept. 3, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 381 -- and it did not reach that level again until November 1954. But as Jeremy Siegel pointed out in his book The Future for Investors, those who did little more than reinvest their dividends during that period actually showed an annual rate of return of more than 6% during that 25-year stretch!

Start now
If you're able to add new money to the market regularly, you'll be buying more shares when stocks are low, and fewer shares when prices are high. You can keep a long-term perspective, and not worry about trying to time the market, and more than likely being left behind when major rallies occur.

The evidence shows -- history shows -- that this is the best (sane) way for us individual investors to generate the kinds of returns we need to achieve financial independence.

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At the time this article was published Fool analyst Rex Moore practices safe LTBH (long-term buy and hold). Of the companies mentioned here, he owns shares of Microsoft. The Motley Fool owns shares of Microsoft, Gap, Oracle, Intel, Cisco, and Texas Instruments, as well as having bought calls on Intel and created a bull call spread position on Cisco. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Dell, Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft, as well as creating a bull call spread position in Microsoft and a diagonal call position in Intel. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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