GT Advanced Deal Warning To Apple Suppliers Who Don't Measure Up

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 Apple told GT Advanced: "put on your big boy pants and accept the agreement," indicating that what...