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Amazon backs out of massive Seattle office tower as questions swirl about growth plans
A flier marketing Amazon’s space in the Rainer Square project. (JLL Images.) Updated with Amazon’s confirmation below. Amazon has placed…
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Uber’s JUMP bike-share now serving all Seattle neighborhoods
A JUMP bike in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Uber is expanding its JUMP bike-share service to…
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Tableau launches $1.3M initiative to ‘eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness’ in 50 US cities
Tableau’s Seattle headquarters. (Lara Swimmer Photography Photo) Tableau is launching a new initiative to tackle homelessness in the latest example…
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As more Pacific Northwest cities embrace scooter-sharing, Seattle keeps foot on the brake
Lime demos its electric scooter in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Seattle was the first city in the nation…
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Interview: Seattle’s new tech chief Saad Bashir on 5G, privacy and embracing the tech industry
City Clerk Monica Martinez Simmons, Mayor Durkan, and new Chief Technology Officer Saad Bashir at his swearing-in ceremony. (City of…
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Uber and Lyft push for congestion pricing as Seattle considers tax on ride-hailing companies
Snarled traffic in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Uber and Lyft are resisting a tax…
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Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Seattle, relocating key division to nearby city
Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations, shows off the company’s first branded airplane. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin…
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Mayor Durkan says Amazon moving employees to Bellevue is ‘a good thing for Seattle’
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan seems unfazed by news that Amazon plans…
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Amazon’s big Bellevue move: Politicians, business leaders and real estate experts weigh in
The view of Downtown Seattle from Bellevue. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) News that Amazon plans to move several thousand…
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