Alaska Airlines is adding a daily nonstop flight from Seattle to Columbus, Ohio, starting March 7, 2019. It’s the first flight to connect the two cities in years and is… Read More
Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities —… Read More
In its hometown, Seattle, Amazon benefits from a well-educated, tech-savvy pool of talent. The company is looking for another city that attracts that type of worker for its next home:… Read More
As Amazon considers tech hot spots across North America for its so-called HQ2, a more modest enterprise is departing Seattle and placing its bets on the entrepreneurial potential of Detroit,… Read More
If Amazon chooses Washington, D.C., or its Virginia or Maryland suburbs for its second headquarters, Amazon employees transferring to the new site would face a life-changing experience. As someone who… Read More
When cities across North America wanted to get the attention of Amazon during the company’s search for a second headquarters, some turned to Alexa in a gimmick meant to show… Read More
PITTSBURGH — It’s Sunday morning and the Strip District sizzles with tourists hitting up President Obama’s favorite breakfast spot. Others duck into one of the many immigrant-owned markets along Penn… Read More
The tech industry’s entanglements with politics were on full display this week. Washington and other states are fighting the FCC’s net neutrality rollback with new bills and lawsuits, and advocates across… Read More
PITTSBURGH — Local politicians weren’t coy about their desire for Amazon’s second headquarters during a media event Thursday to announce an expansion of the company’s engineering office in Pittsburgh. Amazon… Read More
PITTSBURGH — Deep within Amazon’s request for proposals for its second North American headquarters, in a section about logistics, is this sentence: “Travel time to an international airport with daily… Read More
Ask Amazon’s Alexa which city in Texas is her favorite, and she replies, “Definitely Austin.” Ask the voice-integrated artificial intelligence where Amazon will locate its second headquarters, and Alexa replies… Read More
PITTSBURGH — When Google opened an engineering office in the Seattle area 14 years ago, it pioneered a movement of out-of-town tech giants setting up shop in the growing Pacific… Read More
Amazon’s HQ2 search made it all the way to “Saturday Night Live” tonight, with a skit that depicts Jeff Bezos receiving delegates from cities in the company’s top 20 —… Read More
In addition to the big boost to the local economy of whichever city Amazon selects for its second North American headquarters, there’s also going to be another big economic winner:… Read More
Seattle grey is one thing. Amazon probably doesn’t want a giant, menacing, black, monster cloud thing hanging over its eventual second headquarters. On a day when the tech giant released… Read More
Amazon is no doubt weighing plenty of factors as it crunches the numbers on the 20 cities it named Thursday as finalists in its search for a second headquarters. Let’s… Read More
Amazon has announced a shortlist of 20 cities that are in the running to land its $5 billion second headquarters — and the 50,000 jobs that come along with it. On… Read More
The nation’s capital looks like a favorite to land Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Amazon showed 218 cities, counties, states and provinces the door, cutting the list of eligible suitors… Read More
Midwest charm. Southern hospitality. East Coast bravado. Don’t expect any of those geographic personality traits when you’re attempting to ask Amazon employees where their company’s second headquarters should be located.… Read More
RELATED: Amazon narrows HQ2 search to 20 cities, moving to next phase in contest for $5B economic prize Amazon this morning dropped a list of 20 cities that made it… Read More
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper doesn’t think Amazon can be bought. On an episode of CNBC’s Power Lunch, he said that his state is “never going to offer $7 billion of… Read More
Boston believes Jeff Bezos’ increasing commitment to fitness could be a clue to Amazon’s priority list in its search for a second headquarters, according to a report from The Boston… Read More
Plenty of families who gathered for the holidays probably had to deal with opposing viewpoints and spirited debate on a number of different topics: politics, sports, a new boyfriend’s hair.… Read More
A new study from commercial real estate information company REIS puts traditional tech hubs like New York, San Francisco and Seattle at the top of the list of contenders to… Read More
Calgary has been one of the boldest suitors for Amazon’s second North American headquarters, but even if it doesn’t land HQ2, the Canadian city won’t walk away empty-handed. Amazon announced… Read More
The city of Little Rock, Ark., has plenty of love, but none for Amazon. A group called Love, Little Rock flew a banner over Seattle on Monday letting the tech… Read More
The deadline has passed and the proposals are in from cities and states and Canadian provinces hoping to be the home to Amazon’s second headquarters. The city of Calgary made… Read More
Even Puerto Rico is making a bid for Amazon HQ2. Embed from Getty Images The U.S. territory that is still struggling to recover from a devastating hurricane has submitted a… Read More
This week we learned that if you type relentless.com into a browser window, you get a little better understanding of what type of tech giant lives in Seattle. Thanks for… Read More
Bright lights, big city — and big dreams about landing Amazon’s second headquarters. New York City is sending a signal across the country to Seattle on Wednesday night by turning… Read More