Billionaire Terry Gou’s withdrawal could help unite pro-Beijing opposition party

Gou tells agm he will hand over running of company to operations committee

Sale of flash business critical to loss-making Japanese conglomerate’s survival

Company joint investment with Sharp in new plant would mark victory for Trump

Facility can produce 500,000 iPhones per day and even allows for an Irish tax advantage

Announcement comes after review of company whose annual losses trebled last year

Deal agreed after months of wrangling but analysts still reckon a turnaround will be difficult

Taiwanese group’s move for the Japanese company has been stalled for a month

Investment estimated at $5.8bn and will help Foxconn gain pricing power with Apple

‘Peak stuff’, Foxconn’s Terry Gou, news from ‘The Onion’ and Merkel the oil painting

World’s largest contract electronics manufacturer will cut its massive 1.3m workforce