Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay

Apple (AAPL) is widely referenced as one of the greatest American companies. Yet, the company's retail stores appear to be wrestling with margin crimping challenges resulting from inconsistent leadership.

Are the fanboys who wait outside Apple stores for hours to buy new iPhones and iPads basically slaves? Are the hundreds of dollars some families spend year in, year out on new Apple products tantamount to a tax?

Apple to expand Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent while building new headquarters SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years, signaling the company's faith in its ability to keep coming up with hit products like the iPhone and iPad.

Google is planning retail stores to sell its internet-connected glasses, Google Glass, we've heard second-hand from a source.

JCPenney is bringing back commissioned pay for some of its workers, employees at the company tell us. The company announced the change during a meeting with salon stylists Monday.

While consumers tend to think of Apple’s headquarters as the company’s heart and soul, a majority of its workers in the United States are hourly wage earners selling iPhones and MacBooks.

TOKYO — Apple Inc. hiked prices of iPads and iPods in Japan on Friday, becoming the latest and highest-profile brand to join a growing list of foreign firms asking Japanese consumers to pay more as a weakening yen squeezes income. The yen has fallen more than 20% against the U.S. dollar since mid-November when then-opposition leader Shinzo Abe prescribed a dose of radical monetary easing to reverse years of sliding consumer prices as part of a deflation-fighting policy, dubbed “Abenomics.”

Cornell's new graduate school of applied sciences is expected to fuel major growth in the New York City tech sector.