The Business Times
business-time-50

Amazon to grow its Detroit office into a new tech hub

google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    AMAZON plans to expand its Detroit office, adding more full-time jobs in hopes of creating a technology hub.

    The vice-president for Amazon Marketplace, Peter Faricy, said Monday that the company was focused on hiring residents of Michigan, which he described in a statement as a rapidly growing technology corridor. Amazon already has hundreds of employees in the state.

    TRENDING NOW

    Why is Apac poised to become such a significant market for aviation?

    Asia-Pacific aviation: is up really the only way?

    While the Min Aung Hlaing government controls major cities and the central apparatus of the state, it reflects stability, not a stalemate.

    Can capital trust Myanmar again?

    George Wang, SIA’s senior vice-president of information technology, says that its AI chatbot Kris has nearly doubled its customer satisfaction score since its relaunch in July 2025.

    SIA deploys over 160 AI applications in push to become leading ‘digital airline’

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meeting Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (left) at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Aug 18.

    Russia’s ‘pivot to Asia’ takes a turn as it prioritises ties with isolated regimes over bigger economies

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More