Apple Said To Prep Massive $400 Billion Shareholder Payout To Offset iPhone Disappointment

Apple's iPhone X sales woes have been extensively documented in recent days (most recently in " Doubts Grow At Apple" That A $1,000 Smartphone May Not Have Been A Winning Idea"), and with earnings by the world's most valuable company scheduled for tomorrow after the close, many have asked just how Apple will avoid having its stock punished for what has been a disappointing quarter.

  Adding fuel to the fire, Daniel Ives, an analyst at GBH Insights in New York, said Wall Street was in "full panic mode" about iPhone figures.