The unspoken factor in Amazon’s search for a new home: Jeff Bezos’ support for gay rights
In the company’s HQ2 headquarters hunt, a commitment to social equality might tip the scales.
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Amid bidding war for Amazon HQ2, Pittsburgh debates trade-offs
The nationwide jockeying for HQ2 has sparked a debate about the trade-offs cities and states make to lure megaprojects. That’s playing out in Pittsburgh, where...
Amazon tours Washington, D.C.; Maryland and Virginia in search for new headquarters
The tour is the latest sign that the tech giant is seriously considering adding a second headquarters with as many as 50,000 jobs to the...
The Amazon HQ2 search mystery has been solved! Or has it?
The chosen city could reap 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment. Let’s take a look at five possible scenarios for where the company will...
Petition asks cities to avert bidding war, refuse tax breaks for Amazon’s HQ2
A group of economists and urbanists have signed a letter asking cities to refrain from offering "egregious tax giveaways" to lure Amazon's second headquarters.
Soul-searching, and a little ranting, from cities that missed Amazon’s HQ2 shortlist
More than 200 cities or regions didn't make Amazon’s shortlist of 20 finalists in the running for its second headquarters. Reactions from those losing bidders...
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