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Nashville may not have gotten HQ but Amazon is opening a logistics hub with 5,000 jobs in the city

by Blake Farmer
Nov 29, 2018
Among all the buzz surrounding Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, the city of Nashville received a sort of consolation prize — a logistics hub with 5,000 high-paying jobs. Those watching Amazon’s ambitions in health care see potential for the hub to double as a lab for experimentation. Nashville is home to the largest hospital companies in the nation […]
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Microsoft claws its way back to the top. How did it do that?

by Andy Uhler
Nov 28, 2018
We don’t really talk about Microsoft in the same breath as Apple, Amazon or Facebook these days. Maybe we should. Over the last couple of days, Microsoft has been taking turns with Apple as the world’s most valuable public company. The last time Microsoft held that position was 2003. Microsoft once dominated the tech world […]
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The consumer electronics industry is ready for the most shopping-ful time of the year

by Molly Wood
Nov 19, 2018
CNET Reviews Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Turrentine talks tech trends.
Will you be buying gifts for others — or yourself?
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Apple casts itself as a Hollywood mogul

by Erika Beras
Nov 16, 2018
Deal with Oscar-winning film studio will produce streaming content to compete with Netflix, Amazon.
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So you lost Amazon's HQ2. How are you feeling?

by Leila Goldstein
Nov 15, 2018
Officials are relieved and bitter after the online retailer's big announcement.
The Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia, was one of the winners in the contest for Amazon's HQ2.
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Higher-ed tech programs helped to lure Amazon

by Amy Scott
Nov 14, 2018
Colleges and universities producing a pipeline of talent were a significant draw.
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What will Amazon HQ2 mean for rents in Long Island City?

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 13, 2018
Residents fear the area will become unaffordable.
A view of the waterfront of Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York, along the East River.
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Amazon splits HQ between New York and northern Virginia

by Associated Press
Nov 13, 2018
The decision ends intense competition between North American cities to win Amazon and its promise of 50,000 new jobs.
A visitor checks in at the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. On Oct. 2, 2018, Amazon announced U.S. workers would receive a minimum of $15 per hour.
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An argument against Big Tech being so big

by Molly Wood
Nov 13, 2018
A former senior advisor to the FTC makes the case.
An Apple laptop sits on a podium with the Google logo during a Google special event in 2010 in San Francisco.
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Abandoned carts are a big problem for online retailers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 12, 2018
About 70 percent of sales die before consumers hit "buy."
In this photo illustration, electronics retailer Best Buy advertises Cyber Monday sales on the store's website in 2012. Limited sales can be an effective way to replicate the conditions that lead to impulse spending online.
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