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Bernie Sanders calls out Amazon’s hometown tax battle in plan to overhaul corporate America
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Facebook Photo / Bernie Sanders) Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign unveiled an ambitious plan to reform corporate…
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Mr. Trump, put this man on the SEC! Investor group floats Seattle startup lawyer for regulatory role
Joe Wallin, a longtime startup attorney in the Seattle region, was recently floated as a potential nominee for the Securities…
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Does Amazon pay enough in taxes? Source says local tax bill was $297M last year
Protestors carried signs that read ‘Tax Amazon’ on the company’s campus during the 2018 head tax fight. (GeekWire Photo /…
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Amazon reveals new details about its federal tax bill in shot across the bow at critics
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire File Photo) Amazon disclosed new details about its U.S. taxes for 2019 in public financial…
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Trump’s new executive order targets counterfeits on Amazon and other e-commerce sites
President Donald Trump speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (DOD Photo / Dominique A. Pineiro) President Donald Trump issued…
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Seattle added 50,000 tech jobs during decade of concentration in ‘superstar cities’
The Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Tech jobs are concentrating in a handful of “superstar cities” including Seattle…
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How the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package impacts startups
The U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The U.S. Senate passed the largest stimulus package in…
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Startup stimulus? How logjams and ethics are impacting federal loans for tech companies
The U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) A small business owner in Seattle waited nearly 12…
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Wash. state gets 150k new unemployment claims; 76% of businesses warn layoffs could be imminent
Artists have painted signs of encouragement onboarded storefronts throughout Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) More than 150,000 people in…
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