Amazon is one of the largest employers in Seattle with about 45,000 staff on its payroll. Photo: AFP
Amazon is one of the largest employers in Seattle with about 45,000 staff on its payroll. Photo: AFP
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Amazon will find it hard to follow on threat to leave Seattle even as city imposes tax on large firms

Despite being upset by the city’s plan to levy a head tax that could cost it about US$12.5 million a year, there are no signs to suggest that the tech giant is about to pack up and leave its hometown

Amazon is one of the largest employers in Seattle with about 45,000 staff on its payroll. Photo: AFP
Amazon is one of the largest employers in Seattle with about 45,000 staff on its payroll. Photo: AFP
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