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President Brown attended meeting with Amazon executives

President Brown attended meeting with Amazon executives

Haley Lerner January 10, 2019
Brown met over lunch with Amazon executives when they visited Boston in early March 2018, according to The Boston Globe.
Modern Musings: New Yorkers should be enraged about the Amazon deal

Modern Musings: New Yorkers should be enraged about the Amazon deal

Ausma Palmer November 19, 2018

It was officially announced last week that Amazon’s new headquarters — known as HQ2 — will be split between Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City in the New York borough of Queens....

EDITORIAL: It’s better for Boston that Amazon takes HQ2 elsewhere

EDITORIAL: It’s better for Boston that Amazon takes HQ2 elsewhere

Editors November 13, 2018

Boston has been holdings its breath for months waiting for Amazon to release the winners of its HQ2 contest, determining where its second headquarters will be housed and determining which city is most...

General Electric has sold its Boston-based energy management sale division, Current, the company said Tuesday. EMILY CANDAL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Major Boston technology companies shift management, experts blame high production costs, manufacturing barriers

Zoe Allen November 8, 2018
General Electric announced Tuesday that it is selling its Boston-based energy management system sale division, Current. The sale to American Industrial Partners (AIP) is expected to be closed in early 2019.
A new study has found that the city selected to be the home of Amazon’s new headquarters will likely experience a rise in rent costs. If Boston is selected, they predict rent will increase by an additional 1.4 percent. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Rents to increase in city selected for Amazon HQ2

Riley Villiers April 29, 2018
Rents will rise in the future home of Amazon’s second headquarters, according to a study released Wednesday by Zillow, an online real estate company. This “Amazon Effect,” the report states, will raise the price of rent in addition to the already increasing rent costs across the country.
Wells Fargo’s AI Aiera robot has calculated that Boston will be the location of Amazon’s HQ2.  PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Wells Fargo AI predicts Boston as Amazon HQ2 location

Haley Lerner March 15, 2018
Amazon’s second headquarters will be located in Boston — well, at least according to Aiera, Wells Fargo Securities’ artificial intelligence tool.

Massachusetts ranked fourth for how it benefits from immigrants in the state

Armand Manoukian February 4, 2018

Massachusetts was ranked as the fourth state in the nation for the economic contributions of its immigrant population. WalletHub, a personal finance website, conducted the study by analyzing government...

Amazon HQ2 could boost employment but strain Boston’s infrastructure

Jack Moriarity February 1, 2018

Earlier this month, Amazon revealed a shortlist of cities being considered for the internet giant’s second headquarters. Out of 238 cities that applied, Boston, along with 19 others, made the cut. The...

Boston places a bid to be named the location for Amazon Inc.’s new second headquarters. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Amazon searching for second headquarters — could Boston be the next Seattle?

Hannah Rogers October 1, 2017

  With Amazon considering numerous cities for its next headquarters, Bostonians have to wonder — what would happen if the tech giant decided to pick Boston? Amazon announced earlier in...

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