HQ2 Hunger Games: meet your tributes

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Amazon has shortlisted 20 US cities to host what The Atlantic is calling HQ2. That same publication’s sister publication CityLab has in turn published an “exhaustive” list of the contenders’ strengths and weaknesses in vying for the right to host Amazon’s second global headquarters. With the economic incentives seemingly increasing – 50,000 jobs $5bn investment from the e-commerce giant – the finalists are weighing up their own financial incentives to land the contract. Newark’s pledge of $7bn remains the biggest ...