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A table is presented that lists the 100 fastest-growing companies selected by "Fortune" magazine in 2015 including pharmaceutical company Lannett, Natural Health Trends and Federated National Holding.

The article features Andy Jassy, head of Amazon Web Services (AWS ). It discusses his efforts in bringing AWS as market leader ahead of Microsoft, IBM and Google, and is reportedly expected to earn 6.3 billion in revenues in 2015. It explores his strategy of growing AWS from servicing smaller firms and startups to large entities such as the adoption of the AWS infrastructure of media-streaming Netflix of AWS infrastructure and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

A chart is presented that shows "Fortune" magazine's list of 100 fastest growing companies in 2015 including pharmaceutical company Lannett in first place, direct-selling and e-commerce company National Health Trends in second, and insurance holding company Federated National Holding in third.

The article offers information on three multinational companies in "Fortune's" Global 500 that are worth betting on in 2015 and whose stocks are positioned to leap ahead even if others struggle. Topics covered include the outperformance by these companies of the MSCI World index over the past three years, their expected earnings and sales growth in 2015, and their dividend yield. It includes Taiwan Semiconductor, Ford Motor Co., and banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA).

The article focuses on noncompete agreements in employee contracts. Topics discussed include the ban in California to enforce such agreements, proposed legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington for prohibition of noncompetes and opposition to the prohibition due to possible vulnerability of companies to theft of intellectual property and trade secrets. It examines whether banning noncompete agreements will contribute to stifling of innovation and in talent search.

The article explores the competition facing Amazon Web Services (AWS), a provider of cloud-computing services. Andy Jassy, chief executive officer (CEO) of AWS, faces the challenge of keeping the company's high market share amid rising competitive threats from rivals like Google and Microsoft. During the early years of AWS, Jassy focused his sales efforts on smaller businesses and startups.

The article features Andy Jassy, senior vice president of the cloud-computing division Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), a subsidiary of the electronic commerce company Amazon.com Inc. in the U.S. It highlights the significant contribution of Jassy in turning the division into one of the world's reigning provider of cloud-computing services that was used by different entities. It also mentions how the AWS high revenue represent Jassy's accomplishments.

The article discusses cloud computing and the Internet of things, focusing on a possible solution to the problem that the cost of running the cloud will eventually exceed the revenue generated from its services. Topics include the creation of a block chain distributed database; the platform Adept, created by technology firms IBM and Samsung; and the block chain new business enterprises Factom, Filament and Peernova.

The talks about the stocks of Taiwan Semiconductor company, Ford Motor Company, and banking company Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) dealing with the long term benefits of the rising stocks on the stock exchange. Topics include returns on investments, sales growth and reasonable sales prices of the stocks.

The article presents information on multinational business enterprises whose stocks are positioned to rise in value even if others are facing problems. The author analyzed U.S.-listed companies which performed better compared to the MSCI World index over the past three years. Effect of weakened euro on revenue of Ford Motor Co is also discussed.

The article discusses the implementation of a ban on enforcing noncompete agreements in California. The state prohibits fine print that prevents employees from working for a competitor in their next job. Lori Ehrlich, a state representative, introduced a bill that would eliminate noncompete agreements. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts expressed its support to the bill.

The article focuses on the growing number of states in the U.S. that prohibit the noncompete agreement. It offers details of how the approach works, which was first implemented in California to draw a straight line between unregulated job market and the accelerating fortunes of Silicon Valley. However, several entities have also expressed opposition on the elimination of noncompete indicating that it would leave companies vulnerable to trade-secret theft.