Apple supplier looks to raise up to $606M in HK listing, Bloomberg says
Lens Technology, a supplier to Apple (AAPL), is looking to raise as much as HK$4.8B, or $606M, in a Hong Kong listing, Julia Fioretti of Bloomberg reports.
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