Welcome to The Hunger Games, Amazon HQ edition.
Almost every major city in North America has publicly stated that it will submit a proposal to become the home of Amazon's second headquarters, which the company claims will include 50,000 high-quality jobsToronto Mayor John Tory has already called it "the Olympics of bidding," a fun comparison since cities also tend to bid aggressively for the Olympics—only to end up regretting it years later.
Like an Olympics bidding, cities will be putting together proposals that show why they're best suited for job—and why they'll help Amazon make a boatload of cash. That means elements like a young, educated workforce and an international airport, but also juicy incentives like tax breaks, regulatory exemptions and maybe even some changes to local laws that will make it easy for the company to operate. Read more...
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