Update: The WSJ reports that the deal is not yet certain. Sharp may come with some potential financial risks, which Foxconn is evaluating before it actually signs the deal. Foxconn Technology Group ...

Sharp, a key supplier of components that go into iPads and iPhones, lost $5.4 billion last year, prompting the Japanese display maker to increase its reliance on Apple's top rival, Samsung, in order ...

Hon Hai’s Foxconn is one of the leading assemblers of Apple’s mobile devices, including the iPhone and the iPad. On the other hand, Sharp Corp is a struggling supply chain partner for Apple and is ...

Sharp Corporation announced today that Foxconn would invest ¥389 billion in newly-issued Sharp shares to gain a 66% stake in the company. The new shares will be issued at ¥88 per share, quite a steep ...

Apple may have quietly shored up Sharp with a $2bn display order fudge, one market analyst has suggested, in an attempt to stabilize the struggling Japanese firm and reduce reliance on arch foe ...

While the Korean electronics giant says it's not going to intervene in Sharp's business management, it could end up with early insight into new tech and influence future products. And that could be a ...

Long-standing rumors of a standalone Apple TV set continue to percolate, with suggestions that Foxconn parent Hon Hai's display deal with Sharp, along with fresh Apple panel patents, lend weight to ...

Both Foxconn-owned Sharp and Japan Display are gearing up to compete with Samsung and LG for Apple orders for OLED screens, say supply-chain sources … Samsung is currently Apple’s sole OLED panel ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Sharp wants to buy a big part of its LCD production facilities back from Apple, but Apple has apparently indicated it will only agree to the sale if Sharp agrees not to supply displays to Samsung.

Contrary to recent reports that Apple would invest $1 billion in an LCD manufacturing plant from Sharp, industry insiders believe it's more likely that Apple is simply making an advance payment to ...