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And then there is this PR headache for Apple. There have been allegations of extremely long working hours, underage employees and unsafe conditions at one of its biggest Chinese suppliers, Foxconn. Alison Kosik is at the New York stock exchange. Alison, what does Apple say about all this?
蘋果公司近日陷入公關危機，其在中國最大的代工廠富士康面臨著工人超時工作，雇傭未成年人，工作環境不安全等指控。現在連線美國紐約證券交易所的Alison Kosik。Alison，蘋果對此有什么回應？
Hey, Fredricka. So Apple is actually coming out defending its reputation. Its CEO Tim Cook spoke at a tech conference in California yesterday. He said Apple will not stand for any abuses at supplier's factories in China or anywhere else. Cook says the top priority is stopping suppliers from employing kids, in fact, he's calling that “a firing offense” now. But he did concede that there are instances of long working hours which is a violation of Apple's work rules. Now this whole uproar, it actually goes back to 2010 when several Foxconn workers committed suicide. Since then, allegations of unsafe conditions have gotten louder and louder. Foxconn and other manufactures are currently being investigated this week by an independent labor group. That was actually brought in by Apple. Fredricka.
嗨，Fredricka。其實蘋果是在努力挽回名譽。蘋果CEO蒂姆·庫克昨日在加利佛利亞的技術研討會上發言。他表示蘋果不支持在中國及其它地區的代工廠里發生任何勞工爭議事件。庫克說目前要把制止生產商雇傭童工放在首位。他稱雇傭童工就是與其“解約”。但他承認確實存在工作時間長這個問題，這也違反了蘋果的工作原則。目前的混亂局面，又讓人憶起2010年富士康幾名工人跳樓事件。從那時起，聲討工作環境不安全的呼聲就越來越大。目前這星期，富士康還有其他的生產商正接受獨立勞工協會的調查。而勞工協會正是由蘋果公司引進的。
So Alison, has this in any way kind of affected the bottom line for Apple?
那么，Alison，那么這會不會從某些方面影響蘋果的盈虧底線？
And that was interesting. It hasn't. Apple has actually posted record iPad, iPhone and Mac sales last quarter and overall, you know, its shares are doing really well. Its shares are over $500, that's how they are trading these days. As for the overall market, it's looking in the opening higher on word out of China, saying it will keep buying European bonds during its bid to help the debt situation in Europe, Fredricka.
這問題很有趣。沒有影響。蘋果發布的iPad, iPhone and Mac的銷售額創歷史記錄，總體上來說，你也知道，股市也相當給力。如今每股超過500美元，這就是蘋果這些天的交易現狀。至于總體市場方面，蘋果把眼光放得更長遠，不止注重在中國的輿論，據說蘋果會在競標期間一直在購買歐債，幫助緩解歐債危機，Fredricka。
All right, Alison Kosik, thank you so much at the New York Stock Exchange.
好了，非常感謝位于紐約證券交易所的Alison Kosik。
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