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12 high-paying jobs Amazon's HQ2 will likely bring to its future city
• Amazon will decide on a location for its second headquarters sometime this year.• Amazon has said it would bring in up to "50,000 high-paying jobs" to whatever city it's based in, according to...
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Amazon's HQ2 could trigger a commuting crisis and lead to the worst traffic...
Seattle's traffic has gotten worse in the last year, according to a new report from technology and data firm INRIX.Seattle is home to Amazon, which has become one of the city's largest employers.It...
View ArticleWhat it's really like inside Amazon's new no-line grocery store.
Amazon Go has no checkout lines, cashiers, or registers. The store is located in Seattle, right near Amazon's campus. They sell prepared foods and grocery staples and there's also a small selection of...
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Amazon is missing out on a multimillion-dollar opportunity with its new...
Amazon recently opened its first brick-and-mortar grocery store in Seattle, Washington.The store does not use cashiers. Shoppers instead scan their phones at turnstiles, and Amazon charges them...
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Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in a 'rare' move (AMZN)
Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Seattle headquarters and elsewhere, The Seattle Times reported.The cuts are mostly in the company's consumer-retail division, two sources told The Times.Amazon...
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Photos show how Seattle’s favorite businesses vanished after Amazon showed up...
In the past two decades, Amazon has grown from a startup birthed in Jeff Bezo's garage into one of the world's largest tech companies.In the late 1990s, the online-retail giant planted its first...
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Amazon is tracking how many people return after shopping at its cashierless...
Amazon is keeping track of who returns to shop at its futuristic store in Seattle, called Amazon Go.The store has no cashiers. Customers must instead scan an app to enter the store, then sensors track...
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Russia is closing the US consulate that won a trolling Twitter poll
Russia is closing a US consulate that won a Twitter poll.The poll was sent out by the Russian embassy in what looked like a sarcastic tweet.Closing the American consulate in St. Petersburg comes after...
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13 US cities where anyone would be lucky to live
There are several rankings of the best places to live in the US.Certain cities, like Seattle, Minneapolis, and Charleston, pop up time and time again in the lists, and get consistently high marks in...
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Amazon is holding Seattle hostage over a tax plan — and it shows how...
Amazon is pausing a major expansion to its operations in Seattle after the city proposed taxing large employers $500 per employee.Amazon's hardball stance points to the danger of a city being too...
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Amazon's bitter fight with Seattle over a new tax shows just how important...
Seattle's city council voted for a new tax on large employers in the city.Amazon criticized the new tax in a blistering statement from vice president Drew Herdener.Amazon's dissatisfaction with Seattle...
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Amazon just scored a major win in Seattle, and it shows HQ2 is already doing...
Seattle's city council voted for a new tax on large employers in the city in May. On Tuesday, it voted to repeal the tax, according to the Seattle Times.Amazon was a vocal critic of the so-called head...
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Amazon has so many summer interns, it costs $4.4 million to feed and house...
Amazon's summer interns have arrived in Seattle. About 900 interns are staying at the University of Washington, and the county has had to add extra buses to accommodate them.According to The Seattle...
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Mini housing bubbles are forming in cities all over the US — but one major...
Housing prices across the US spiked more than 6% in April from a year earlier.Seattle and other metro areas saw historic rises in home prices. The only sector of the Case-Shiller index that saw prices...
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Amazon’s explosive growth has contributed to a glut of luxury apartments in...
A number of local leaders and residents of Seattle say that Amazon's growth has contributed to rising rents and an apartment-construction boom.The Seattle Times reports that the city is now seeing a...
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Seattle loves Bill Gates, but it's a different story for Jeff Bezos
Seattle residents have a favorable view of Bill Gates, but less so of Jeff Bezos.The two billionares have very different public personas and attitudes toward philantropy.SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle...
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13 places to visit in August for every type of traveler
The best places to visit in August are already on savvy travelers' lists.Business Insider looked at airfare trends, climate data, and peak travel times to find the best places to visit in August...
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Bay Area expats who flee to Washington and Oregon are apparently being...
Californians who move to Seattle and Portland are facing backlash from locals, reports SF Gate.Residents are seemingly threatened by a "Californiacation" of the Pacific Northwest, in which home prices...
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F-15Cs break sound barrier to intercept stolen airliner out of Seattle...
Two 15-Cs broke the sound barrier to intercept a stolen airliner out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night. Facebook users reported hearing sonic booms over Eatonville.An airport...
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The airline employee who stole a plane from the Seattle airport and fatally...
Airline ground agent Richard Russell stole an empty Horizon Air plane on Friday night from Sea-Tac International Airport and fatally crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound.Officials have said...
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