Wanted: North American city to house Amazon's second HQ
It is seeking proposals from local, state and provincial government leaders for its new US$5b headquarters
Washington
AMAZON.COM is scouting North American cities for a second company headquarters where it plans to hire as many as 50,000 full-time workers, the technology giant announced Thursday.
The Seattle-based company said that it plans to invest US$5 billion in construction and operation of the new location, which it is calling Amazon HQ2.
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