the u.s. dragging other tech shares down all over the world today suppliers of mobile phone the globe said that the largest customer widely taken to be apple asked them to materially reduce shipments investors now fear that the popular i phone is not selling as well as in the past apple is already under pressure to post a disappointing earnings this month but then apple said that it would no longer reported sales numbers for its flagship smartphone in the bestest criticize the decision fearing a lack of transparency in the company's books. go straight to our markets first one and done a cope in front of. forty billion dollars market value is that syria is all just chickenfeed for a company that big. well i'm sure it was a really dark day yesterday for investors holding apple shares when their share was really a dropping by a five percent i've already taken