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    Patrick McGee

    San Francisco correspondent

    Patrick McGee is the FT’s San Francisco correspondent covering Apple and US technology. He was previously in Frankfurt, writing about the Volkswagen scandal and the challenge to German carmakers from electric vehicles and self-driving tech. He joined the Financial Times in 2013 to cover Asian markets from Hong Kong.

    He was previously a bond reporter at the Wall Street Journal in New York. He has a Master's in Global Diplomacy from Soas, University of London, and a degree in religious studies from the University of Toronto.

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    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Apple Inc
      Apple posts first revenue fall in three and a half years

      Sales of iPhone hit by Covid supply chain disruptions in China but company avoids mass lay-offs

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Snap Inc
      Snap predicts revenue will fall up to 10% this quarter as ad woes persist

      Social media app’s shares drop after-hours as it reports slowest pace of revenue growth since going public in 2017

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
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      Apple violated work rules, according to US labour watchdog

      Board finds sufficient evidence to support claims of harassment and suppression of worker organising

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
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      Electric-vehicle maker reports record quarterly revenue but acknowledges ‘uncertain macroeconomic environment’

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
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      iPhone-maker enhances maps, search and online advertising on iOS to challenge rival Android system

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      Carmaker’s CEO defends his 2018 tweet as he testifies at trial in investor lawsuit

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
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      The tech giant increasingly finds itself beholden to America’s biggest geopolitical rival. But is diversification even possible?

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
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      How Apple tied its fortunes to China

      The company spent two decades and billions of dollars building a supply chain of unprecedented sophistication. Now, a reckoning is coming

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
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      iPhone maker says chief executive requested reduction after a drop in shareholder support of structure of equity awards

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
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    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Activists had raised concerns about how iPhone maker’s decision-making process affected freedom of expression

    • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
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      Apple hires workers in India as it looks to open first flagship stores

      Smartphone maker wants to expand in the country and diversify manufacturing away from China

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
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    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
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      Apple’s market value falls below $2tn as tech rout hits iPhone maker

      Dramatic fall from $3tn in the past year comes amid investor fears over disruptions to its China-based factories

    • Sunday, 25 December, 2022
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      Supply chain experts warn outbreak following reversal of zero-Covid curbs creates uncertainty for iPhone maker

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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      Long-held duopoly that rules the $300bn market is hit by growing competition from Amazon, Microsoft and Apple

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
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    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
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    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
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    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
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      Worker revolt at Foxconn factory poses risk to company’s 14-quarter run, analysts suggest

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
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      Social media platform’s owner claims iPhone maker has pulled back on advertising in tweetstorm broadside

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