After Forbes published the article, he hired Sitrick and Company, a firm run by crisis communications expert Michael Sitrick, to refute it, as well as coverage in the AlbanyTimesUnion.
An article from Larry Rulison at the AlbanyTimesUnion says that Deloitte is searching for a major semiconductor facility for an unnamed company and believes it is TSMC who would use it build components for Apple (known as Project Azalea).