CHENNAI (Jan 4): Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan 7, a senior government official familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Foxconn plant, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, was closed on Dec 18, following protests over 250 of its workers being treated for food poisoning. "Foxconn is still working with Apple to ensure compliance, which they expect to take up to two days. Two workers at the factory said neither Foxconn nor the staffing contractors had communicated the date of reopening. The government official declined to be named as talks between the government and Foxconn were private.
