Articles about HQ2

Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show

Amazon’s employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees between early 2023… Read More

Dave Limp, Jay Carney and Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More

Amazon HQ2, one year later: How the search for a 2nd home changed the company, and the country

One year ago today, Amazon named New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its search for a… Read More

Today on GeekWire: Startup releases distinctive headphones; HQ2 is hot; inside Bill Gates’ brain

Would you wear these headphones? Would you buy them for $399? Those are the big questions as Seattle startup Human releases… Read More

Amazon is doubling its Denver workforce, continuing to grow in HQ2 runner-up cities

Amazon plans hire 400 tech workers in Denver, Colo., more than doubling the tech giant’s presence in the region. The… Read More

Trump calls Amazon HQ2 reversal ‘a big loss’ for NYC, blames ‘radical left’

President Donald Trump said Amazon’s decision to pull out of a 25,000-person New York office was “a big loss” for… Read More

Politicians pushing back on corporate power celebrate victory in Amazon’s NYC reversal

In the first few weeks of 2019, progressive politicians have started a national conversation about income inequality and corporate power.… Read More

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Come on, Amazon! The implications of the tech giant’s abrupt decision to nix its NYC HQ2

Amazon spent more than a year looking for its “HQ2,” planning to establish a second headquarters equal to its Seattle… Read More

Amazon won’t reopen search for new HQ2 location after ditching New York City

Amazon won’t be searching for a new HQ2 location after the company’s surprising decision to back out of its deal… Read More

Poll shows majority of New Yorkers support Amazon HQ2 project

New York officials have mounted a firm resistance to Amazon’s plan to open a 25,000-person office in Queens. But a new… Read More

New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’

When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search… Read More

Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show

Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More

GeekWire’s HQ2 tour: 5 takeaways from the front lines of Amazon’s ambitious headquarters experiment

NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new… Read More

In New York and Washington D.C., Amazon is moving into President Trump’s stomping grounds

NEW YORK — Amazon’s plan to move at least 25,000 employees with annual salaries averaging $150,000 into skyscrapers in Long… Read More

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New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’

NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build… Read More

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Virginia forms new neighborhood for Amazon, bracing for radical change in a sleepy DC suburb

ARLINGTON, Va. — Tell residents of this city that Amazon is moving into their National Landing neighborhood, and they’ll have… Read More

Watch Live: GeekWire’s analysis of Amazon’s HQ2 selections

Our live broadcast will start above at 10:00 a.m. PST After a year of high-stakes competition and frenzied speculation, Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon has chosen its HQ2 city, and guess what, Seattle? It’s us

Amazon has spoken. The race is over. The winner (or some may argue loser) of Amazon’s much ballyhooed HQ2 search… Read More

Report: Amazon to name New York and Virginia as HQ2 winners as early as Tuesday; other cities may get ‘major sites’

Amazon will announce New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its year-long search for a second headquarters… Read More

Amazon’s second home? GeekWire treks from Seattle to Virginia for new insights into HQ2 search

ARLINGTON, Va. — Why not? What if? It’s hard not to read those words, emblazoned on a piece of street… Read More

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What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists

Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks.… Read More

HQ2 heartbreak? Don’t worry Austin, Atlanta and others, you’ll be just fine without Amazon (Take it from this HQ1 survivor)

A ploy. A farce. A PR stunt. Amazon is taking it on the chin this week following reports that it… Read More

HQ2

Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show

Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

Amazon HQ2, one year later: How the search for a 2nd home changed the company, and the country

Today on GeekWire: Startup releases distinctive headphones; HQ2 is hot; inside Bill Gates’ brain

Amazon is doubling its Denver workforce, continuing to grow in HQ2 runner-up cities

Trump calls Amazon HQ2 reversal ‘a big loss’ for NYC, blames ‘radical left’

Politicians pushing back on corporate power celebrate victory in Amazon’s NYC reversal

Come on, Amazon! The implications of the tech giant’s abrupt decision to nix its NYC HQ2

Amazon won’t reopen search for new HQ2 location after ditching New York City

Poll shows majority of New Yorkers support Amazon HQ2 project

Top GeekWire stories of 2018: Amazon HQ2, Paul Allen, Seattle’s boom, equality financing, and more

New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’

Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show

GeekWire’s HQ2 tour: 5 takeaways from the front lines of Amazon’s ambitious headquarters experiment

In New York and Washington D.C., Amazon is moving into President Trump’s stomping grounds

New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’

Virginia forms new neighborhood for Amazon, bracing for radical change in a sleepy DC suburb

Watch Live: GeekWire’s analysis of Amazon’s HQ2 selections

Amazon has chosen its HQ2 city, and guess what, Seattle? It’s us

Report: Amazon to name New York and Virginia as HQ2 winners as early as Tuesday; other cities may get ‘major sites’

Amazon’s second home? GeekWire treks from Seattle to Virginia for new insights into HQ2 search

What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists

HQ2 heartbreak? Don’t worry Austin, Atlanta and others, you’ll be just fine without Amazon (Take it from this HQ1 survivor)

Urbanist Richard Florida on what splitting Amazon HQ2 means for cities: ‘It never was about a second headquarters’

Seattle mayor celebrates reports that Amazon may split HQ2: ‘I’d call those branch offices’

Report: Amazon will split HQ2 between Long Island City in Queens, and Crystal City in DC

Amazon reportedly in advanced talks to place HQ2 at site in Northern Virginia

Amazon HQ2: Here are the GeekWire team’s picks, and guesses on the exact day the news will hit

The buzz is building for Amazon’s HQ2

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