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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

Published Fri, Sep 8, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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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.

"We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters," Jeffrey Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, said in a statement…

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