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Why did the stocks rally . Why . Sometimes it is pretty calculable, simple, because the biggest driver on earth, china, reported a blowout export number showing the countrys plans to reignite growth are, indeed, working and we believe in that. When that happens, buyers swarm in, they buy commodities, thinking how could they not roar now that chinas spending. They buy the industrials because china relies on a lot of our companies to power their electricity and buy our Consumer Companies that have...

Necessarily, but when you take your green button data and you give it to some companies, they have Amazing Things they can do with that green button to, again, save you money. Something as simple as if you look at your green button which is kilowatt hours for those that are engineering minded, a line grab if you think about t some companies today can look at your green button and figure out if your refrigerator is broken function need a new air conditioner. Thats real money if you think about it...

Think is going to be coming up in the city, which is announcement of our new chief data officer. Some people may think that the Budget Office is mostly being countered, but really our office is focused on how do we make government more efficient, how do we make it more effective, and how do we use information to make better decisions. And i think thats why the mayor has asked that the chief data officer sit in my office. So that they have access to Financial Information as well as a team of peop...

It was really interesting. And then in my first meeting, in our first meeting with the innovation group, the city i heard of 10 other things that i clearly should have been using and didnt even know existed, literally within the first 15 minutes of the meeting. Ss things like street safety, sidewalk safety scores and quality scores so we could wrap people around places. Route people around places. Really unbelievable. We availed ourselves of resources going forward. We had the same like any data...

There is so much available for startups right now. Its hard to choose a few favorites. Wow, i can tell you what some of the best ones that people have told me are the most popular so that will be like many other things in the startup world, its not the government that is going to come up with the answer. Its partners working together to find the solution. So, one data set that comes to mind, i want to do a show of hands. I get this question a lot in terms of how much of the work is getting out t...

Us, thank them for celebrating innovation month in such a exemplary way. And i think were going to have a lot more to announce before this month is out, including on our way to the world series. Thank you very much. applause now, if i may introduce our partner in crime here, board president david chiu who is also going to be complimenting us with all of his efforts at the board. Come on up, david. applause good morning. I am incredibly excited to be here today for a couple of reasons. First of a...

U. S. Aid, other agencies as well. These programs are celebrating the use of open data and hopefully will provide some additional support. I think there are even folks here who have been part of these events. Were excited for that continued support and hope you can all join this initiative in the neutral. Future. So, earlier you were talking a little about kind of how San Francisco came in in terms of actually ading the officer. More broadly how do you think San Francisco compares and what are s...

So, we have a unique problem, i think, to a lot of startups in the fact that we have a product that we sell and a lot of different vertical. We also have data we want to provide to the society at large. And how do we not step on our own toes and give away our own data and make the company worthless. So, its tough. Its a definite fine line between the two. Today we announced that were going to give crowding data to the city so youll know where crowds are in the city and when they occur and where ...

More accountable to all of you as the residents and as our customers here in City Government. And this is why i am proud tomorrow to help move forward legislation that my staff has been working closely with jay nath and mayor leon that will real i do three things. First of all, it will create a chief data officer because we need one person who is responsible and accountable for moving forward our open data agenda. Secondly, were going to require every department in the city to have a representat...

It is 7 00 in london this monday morning. We are ready to deliver the stories that would drive your day. She is in zurich with a look at what switzerlands decision means to companies that want to hire. Hollande takes on a u. S. Tech giant. Swiss lawmakers have shocked the european elite by narrowly rivoli voting for immigration curbs. This could have a effect on the countrys key industries. How many showed up to give their support for these new caps on f oreigners . About 3 million total votes o...