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Cars Outside Jeff Bezos’ House Racked Up Nearly $17,000 In Parking Tickets During $12 Million Renovation
Cars parked outside $US12 ($18) million renovation project at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ D.C. mansion were tagged with at least 564 separate parking tickets costing nearly $US17,000 ($25,407), of which $US5,600 ($8,369) were listed as unpaid in DMV records, WUSA 9 recently reported.
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Amazon Could Get $33 Million From Arlington Just For Being Itself
In New York, Amazon’s (scrapped) plans for a Queens headquarters were ultimately received with a derisive Bronx cheer. Legislators in Arlington, Virginia, however, have been more welcoming, going so far as to offer the company up to $33 million just to do what it does best: be really goddamn big.
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Amazon Abandons HQ2 Campus In New York
After months of fierce opposition from local leaders, the New York Times reports that Amazon has decided to pull out of its plans to place a new satellite headquarters in the Long Island City neighbourhood of Queens, New York.
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NYC To Amazon: All This Could Be Yours
Newly released proposal documents reveal the extent to which New York was willing to bend over backwards to win the bid for an Amazon branch office, as well as the sites the retail giant passed on in lieu of a hefty chunk of Long Island City.