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Bezos Coughs Up $134 Million For Charity
Jeff Bezos, the richest man in modern history, finally announced the first recipients of his charitable Day One Fund. The initial round of grants total $134 million, representing about 1/20th of his proposed investment in the fund, and about 0.0006 per cent of his net worth.
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Amazon Has Reportedly Chosen HQ2 Sites In New York, Northern Virginia
Amazon’s gruelling, year-long HQ2 search – which mostly entailed cities across the country competing to outdo each other with the most lavish incentives, often behind closed doors — has come to a close, with the company reportedly choosing New York and Crystal City, a neighbourhood in Arlington County, Virginia.
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238 Thirsty Cities To Amazon: Stimulate Me, Daddy
The proposal deadline has come and gone on Amazon’s unusually public search to plant a second headquarters in one of North America’s metropolitan areas. Among other factors, Amazon’s stated “preference” for candidates cities with a population over 1 million should have whittled possible HQ2 locales down to a few dozen. Instead, the final tally of…
