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Here's your daily crunch. Coming up, Apple's latest research on the iOS Appe economy, Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick and mortar store and the NFL looks to

get in the streaming game.

Apple is out with new reports meant to demonstrate how successful the app economy has been

under its reign.

The company commissioned outside firms to produce analysis related to job growth and earnings

in the iOS developer community and found the iOS app economy now supports more than 2.2 million jobs in the

U.S.

It also indicated a 118 percent increase in U.S. small developer earnings over the past two years.

The larger point Apple is attempting to make with each new report

is that Apple's current system is working well

and that Apple's App Store business is good for the economy.

But the underlying tone is also one of

warning to potential regulators. Beware what you're messing with. Today's reports are more

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