America In Realization [12.16.14]

Politics

• Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President in 2016 [Wall Street Journal]

US Manufacturing ["Made in America"] 

• U.S. Industrial Production Surpasses Prerecession Peak [WSJ]

"Rise in Factory Output Largest Gain Since February"

Women at Work

• Share of women leaders at Silicon Valley companies has increased steadily over two decades [WSJ]

Economy & Business

Silicon Valley [Tech]

• Google "Buy" to rival Amazon [WSJ]

Testing ‘Buy Now’ Button, Other Enhancements to Build Online Commerce Site

Wall Street [Finance]

• WeWork: Now a $5 Billion Co-Working Startup [WSJ]

"WeWork Companies Inc., a provider of shared office space, believes it can be as transformational to its industry as upstarts like Airbnb Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are in travel and transportation."

[Tags: 

• Sharing Economy 

• Increasing Efficiency 

• Wealth generation from unused / under-used Public / Private Resources]

Privacy vs Security

• Amazon, eBay and HP join Microsoft fight over e-mails [USA Today]

"Right now, confidence in governance of the cloud is a larger issue than the technical concerns of the cloud," said Jim Reavis, CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance.

Financially, the stakes are high: A whopping $677 billion is expected to be spent on cloud services worldwide, according to research firm Gartner. Western Europe, meanwhile, is the second-biggest spender in cloud computing, behind only North America, Gartner said."