Warning: being a supplier to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) can be hazardous to a corporation’s health, notes Kelly Hodgkins in an article for MacRumors.com. As Apple and its supplier, GT Advanced Technologies Inc (OTCMKTS:GTATQ), filed for divorce, the nasty, controlling and manipulative aspects of the relationship started to spill out into the public domain. Apple keeps most of its supplier relationships secretive, forcing what appears to be the equivalent of a one-sided prenup agreement down the throats of their suppliers. If the supplier doesn’t like the terms of the treatment they can find another relationship with a sugar daddy. Or as…
GT Advanced Deal Warning To Apple Suppliers Who Don't Measure Up
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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