apple

Question 1

how many retail stores in more than 20 countries

Answer 1

450

Question 2

worlds what largest IT company by revenue

Answer 2

second

Question 3

worlds what largest IT company by global brand value

Answer 3

number one

Question 4

how many people is employed by European HQ?

Answer 4

6000

Question 5

why was the European HQ chosen to be located in cork

Answer 5

12.5% corporation tax being second lowest in eu

Question 6

how much has apple invested in expanding its camous in cork

Answer 6

over 250 mill euro in the past 5yrs

Question 7

although its been accused for not creating enough work for locals what percentage of workers are irish

Answer 7

50%

Question 8

how has apple been favoured by the irish gov

Answer 8

through specialised tax rulings that permitted the company to pay an extremely low effective tax corporate rate (0.005% in 2024) which the european commission found to be illegal state aid and in 2024 the ECJ ordered ireland to recover 13bill euro back in txaed

Question 9

why is the HQ in silicon valley in USA

Answer 9

global tech hub with killed labour, innovation and high value jobs

Question 10

how many hours were some workers reported to be working without a break

Answer 10

36hr shifts

Question 11

why was apple sued by workers

Answer 11

after they were reportedly poisoned by a chemical used to clean LCD screens with inadeqate ventillation

Question 12

in 2010 how did some people die

Answer 12

14 people died in 2010 after committing suicide from conditions and foxconn installed nets in response

Question 13

student and child labour

Answer 13

student labour was allowed as they were graded as internship programmes and some schools forced students to work in foxconn plants to fill labour gaps and threatened to prevent the, from graduating if they refused

Question 14

where does apple outsource production

Answer 14

overseas companies mainly foxconn and those in china/asia