What’s next for Seattle after HQ2? Amazon plans suggest expansion, then big hiring slowdown
Seattle’s economic growth since the Great Recession might as well be called the Amazon Boom. But with Amazon’s gaze shifting to New York and Virginia,...
Amazon shifts its sights to the East Coast; two new headquarters and a third site selected
The company's headquarters expansion will be in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Long Island City neighborhood of New York, and Nashville will get a 5,000...
Amazon selects New York, Northern Virginia, for HQ2 expansion, reports say VIEW
Amazon’s reported selection of the New York City borough of Queens and the Arlington, Va., community of Crystal City, for its expanded headquarters project, would...
Amazon Air may be on the hunt for more cargo planes as it takes delivery of 40th aircraft
Amazon, which on Monday took delivery of the 40th and final Boeing 767 cargo plane leased under deals announced in 2016, is said to be...
Amazon may split HQ2 between two cities
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Amazon may split its second headquarters campus between two cities, placing about 25,000 employees in each. The Seattle...
Amazon offers free holiday shipping to U.S. customers — Prime members or not — to compete with Target
Target last month raised the stakes for the all-important holiday shopping rush, offering U.S. customers free two-day shipping. Amazon responded on Monday by dropping the...
AmazonSmile crosses $100 million in donations to charities
The AmazonSmile initiative, which lets shoppers earmark 0.5 percent of the purchase price of select items for donation to a wide range of nonprofits, was...
Amazon posts record $2.9 billion profit, but revenue falls short of forecasts
Amazon reported strong earnings. But its stock fell in after-hours trading as investors focused on slightly weaker-than-expected sales and a relatively dour forecast for the...
Paul Allen’s sister Jody named executor, trustee of late billionaire’s estate
Vulcan, Paul Allen's holding company, on Wednesday said the late Microsoft co-founder's sister, Jody, would be executor and trustee of his estate.