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Battle heats up for US$5b second Amazon HQ

A study says that in 17 years, HQ2 would generate US$341b in total spending, including US$71b in salaries

Published Wed, Oct 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    IT'S the prize of a lifetime - a US$5 billion investment creating 50,000 well-paid jobs that everyone wants, but only one American city will get.

    From East to West, from North to South, metropolises across the US are locked in a frenzied bidding war desperate to woo Amazon into favouring them as the site of the e-commerce giant's second headquarters.

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