Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S.Korea – regulator

South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday Apple Inc (AAPL.O) had submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems on its App Store to comply with a law banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems.
Foxconn India iPhone plant to reopen on Wednesday -legislator
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) will reopen an iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India on Wednesday, government officials and a legislator in the region where the plant is located told Reuters.
Apple’s $3 trillion market value follows 5,800% gain since iPhone debut

Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday became the first publicly traded company with a stock market value of over $3 trillion, marking the latest milestone in the Silicon Valley heavyweight’s spectacular stock surge since introducing the iPhone in 2007.
Apple becomes first company to hit $3 trillion market value, then slips

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday became the first company to hit a $3 trillion stock market value, before ending the day a hair below that milestone, as investors bet the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new markets such as automated cars and virtual reality.
Analysis: U.S. retailers may pay the price for ‘extended’ holiday return season

Major U.S. retailers’ longer return policies, launched during the pandemic this year to lure consumers, could leave them facing much higher costs if shoppers bring back a record-setting $112 billion in gifts bought during the extended holiday shopping season.
EXCLUSIVE Foxconn India iPhone plant extends closure, workers’ hostels inspected

A Foxconn (2317.TW) iPhone factory in India at the centre of a mass food-poisoning incident will extend a week-long closure by an extra three days, a senior official for the state of Tamil Nadu told Reuters.
EXCLUSIVE Foxconn’s India plant to stay shut this week after protests – govt sources

Apple supplier Foxconn’s (2317.TW) plant near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests sparked by a food poisoning incident, three government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Apple tells suppliers demand for iPhone 13 lineup has weakened – Bloomberg News

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has told its parts suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has slowed, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter, signaling that some consumers have decided against trying to get the hard-to-find item.
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets
Deutsche Boerse’s (DB1Gn.DE) power and gas exchange EEX plans to launch an index to price hydrogen next year to aid trading of the commodity that is expected to play a big role in the shift to a green economy, one of the bourse’s board members said.
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware.