Apple And Facebook Earnings Could Be Indicators For the Global Economy

  In the past decade, the growth in importance of the tech industry to the overall economy has only been outstripped by the amount of attention focused on the growth of that importance. Like any good, self fulfilling prophecy tech industry hype is almost impossible to escape. In light of that realization we are heading into a very important week indeed. In the coming days we will see two of the most important companies in the tech industry release their earnings. These reports will shape the attitudes of investors towards the entire industry. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will announce its results…