As cities vie to host second campus, local activists say the ‘Hunger Games’-style competition is a bad deal for everyone – except Amazon'Not welcome here': Amazon faces growing resistance to its second homeWhat do you get for the man who has everything? The idea behind the pact is that rather than engage in a tax-break arms race, everyone should agree not to offer incentives. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jeff Bezos at the launch of Amazon Spheres, a new botanical garden that forms part of its Seattle headquarters. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters“You’re not opening a second headquarters as a charitable project,” he said. “We have a lot of organizing to do or it will probably happen just like this the next time,” he said.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2018 09:56 UTC