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Apple, Hewlett-Packard examine Hon Hai after suicides

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (Bloomberg)—Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. said they’re examining practices at Hon Hai Group, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, following a series of suicides at the Taiwanese contract manufacturer.

“We are in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter very seriously,” Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, said by phone. “A team from Apple is independently evaluating the steps they are taking to address these tragic events, and we will continue our ongoing inspections of the facilities where our products are made.”

Hewlett-Packard is investigating “the Foxconn practices that may be associated with these tragic events,” the Palo Alto, California-based computer maker said in an e-mailed statement.

A Hon Hai worker died after falling off a building Tuesday in the ninth such fatality at the Taiwanese electronics maker’s plant in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Hon Hai spokesman Edmund Ding said on May 23 there had been seven employee suicides this year in Shenzhen and the cause of other fatalities is under investigation by Chinese authorities.

&Copy;2010 Bloomberg News