Ondrej Holzman Okunye ukwenyuka kohlelo lokuthengwa kwamasheya ngesonto eledlule wamemezela I-Apple, ekupheleni kuka-2015, ifuna ukusabalalisa phakathi kwabanikazi bamasheya esikhundleni samadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-60 kuya kwezingu-90. Ngokuvumelana ne Izikhathi Zezezimali bese i-Apple ihlela ukungena esikweletini esikhulu ngenxa yalesi sinyathelo, njengangonyaka odlule. Inkampani yaseCalifornia kuthiwa ilungiselela ukukhipha amabhondi anenani elizungeza kumaki ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-17 futhi.
Ngodaba olusha olusha lwebhondi, i-Apple kuthiwa izokhomba izimakethe zaseMelika nezangaphandle, ikakhulukazi i-Eurozone, ehlinzeka ngamanani enzalo aphansi. Imali eqoqiwe eyokumsiza ukuthi akhokhe izabelo, i-Apple inyuse ngesonto eledlule ngamaphesenti angu-8 yaya ku-$3,29 ngesheya ngalinye. Lokho nge-Apple isikweletu esifana nonyaka odlule, Luca Maestri, I-CFO yesikhathi esizayo ye-Apple, isivele ibonisiwe lapho imemezela imiphumela yezezimali.
Cishe kuzoba udaba lwebhondi yesibili ngobukhulu emlandweni wezinkampani, uma okungenani ilingana neyangonyaka odlule. Yize bekuyinkulu kunawo wonke enamabhiliyoni ayi-17, i-Apple ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yadlulwa yinkampani yaseMelika i-Verizon, eyanyusa amabhiliyoni angama-2013 ezigidigidi zamabhondi ngo-49, okuyisize yathola u-45% wesiteki ku-Verizon Wireless, eyayingakabi eyakho.
Isikweletu esibalulekile se-Apple akwenzi mqondo ekuqaleni lapho siqaphela ukuthi inkampani yama-apula inemali engaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-150, kodwa inkinga iwukuthi cishe amaphesenti angu-90 ale mali agcinwe phesheya. Uma ezama ukubuyisela ekhaya imali, kwakuzodingeka akhokhe intela enkulu yase-US engamaphesenti angu-35. Ngakho-ke, okwamanje kunenzuzo enkulu ukuthi i-Apple ikhiphe amabhondi futhi yonge ngenxa yezilinganiso zenzalo ephansi kunokuba idlulise imali yayo isuka phesheya.
Njengamanje, i-Apple inama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-20 e-United States, engakhokhela ngayo ukukhokhwa kwezabelo, kodwa uLuca Maestri uveze ukuthi i-Apple ikhetha ukugcina le nhlokodolobha ukuze ikwazi ukutholwa kanye nokunye ukutshalwa kwezimali ezweni layo futhi ithathe isikweletu ngenxa yabatshalizimali.
