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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 08 2017, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the pick-me dept.

Amazon will invest $5 billion in a second headquarters in a North American city outside of Seattle.

Amazon.com Inc. already has a sprawling Seattle headquarters that attests to its size and ambition. Now the world's largest online retailer plans to open a second North American campus -- dubbed HQ2 -- that Amazon says could be just as big as the existing one.

The company is asking local and state governments to submit proposals for a development that will likely cost more than $5 billion over the next 15 to 17 years and give the winning city or town an enormous economic boost. Amazon is already one of the biggest employers in Seattle and expects the new headquarters to house as many as 50,000 workers, many of them new hires. Cities have until next month to apply through a special website, and the company said it will make a final decision next year.

The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, quickly expressed interest. So did officials in Chicago; Philadelphia; Hartford, Connecticut; Tulsa, Oklahoma; St. Louis; and Rhode Island, demonstrating that Amazon will wield a lot of leverage in making its choice.

"We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters," founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said in a statement. "Amazon HQ2 will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments, and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/amazon-hunting-for-second-u-s-headquarters-to-host-50-000-staff

Will the new HQ be in the U.S.?

Additional coverage at Reuters, NPR, Business Wire and The Washington Post


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday September 09 2017, @01:02AM (7 children)

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Saturday September 09 2017, @01:02AM (#565416)

    amazon attracts progressive thinks (as do most high tech companies).

    the deep south is still more than 100 years behind the rest of the country when it comes to equal rights for EVERYONE, no religion forced down your throats, etc.

    I can't see amazon going down to the deep south. if they do, I am sure they will regret it. the south is just not ready to change (as we have seen with the nazis and kkk bullshit that has now been given the 'ok' by our orangutan in charge).

    yeah, its low cost to live there, but you could not pay me to live in such a backwoods area of the country like that.

    I bet amazon knows this, too.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday September 09 2017, @01:41AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday September 09 2017, @01:41AM (#565428) Journal

    They have some assets down there:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amazon.com_locations [wikipedia.org]

    We'll see.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by qzm on Saturday September 09 2017, @04:35AM (1 child)

    by qzm (3260) on Saturday September 09 2017, @04:35AM (#565496)

    So, by equal rights for everyone, you appear to mean equal rights for everyone who agrees with YOU, or who YOU think deserves them?

    I can only assume that, as you have singled out 2 groups, 1 area of a country, and 1 individual who you seem to believe should have their rights curtailed, or at least be abused for using those rights?

    Ever read animal farm? I bet you think your targeted groups above are the pigs, right? hmmmm...

    You do realize what you appear to be caught up in your own form of religion, right? no?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:02PM (#565704)

      You have an odd point of view, equating choices of ideology (KKK, Nazi, Christian Identity, Feminism, to name a few ideological groups I find reprehensible) with circumstance of birth (black, Hispanic, homosexual-not-lesbian, trans, to name a few demographics the former groups seek to eradicate).

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:59PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:59PM (#565717)

    You obviously hate this country. You hate our values.

    Have you thought about London? You might like it. Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm are some other places you should consider.

    There are good reasons for you to move rather than us. You don't like the 1st amendment ("muh freeze peach", the "hate speech" concept, ANTIFA, etc.) and 2nd amendment. You won't have much luck getting rid of them here, but the entire rest of the world never got them. Those of us who like those things have nowhere else to go, but you can go anywhere. For us, this is our last stand against your type. This is our only hope for the 1st and 2nd amendment rights, so we aren't leaving and we aren't giving up the fight. We won't stop you from leaving. Go. You hate us; there is little reason to stay and every reason to go.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:08PM (#565776)

      Those of us who like those things have nowhere else to go, but you can go anywhere. For us, this is our last stand against your type. This is our only hope for the 1st and 2nd amendment rights, so we aren't leaving and we aren't giving up the fight.

      Yeah, after apartheid fell in South Africa, and since Islam is too progressive, there really is no place to go. Poor American Right-wing Nut-jobs!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @06:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @06:56PM (#565733)

    the deep south is still more than 100 years behind the rest of the country when it comes to equal rights for EVERYONE, no religion forced down your throats, etc.
    you have never actually BEEN in the south have you? bless your heart.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 10 2017, @02:03AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 10 2017, @02:03AM (#565843) Journal

    the deep south is still more than 100 years behind the rest of the country when it comes to equal rights for EVERYONE, no religion forced down your throats, etc.

    I see you're still hating on a part of the country for behavior that went away many decades ago. I wonder how you can think that "equal rights for EVERYONE" is somehow better represented in the typical large, racially segregated urban areas like Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, etc than it is in the "deep south".