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What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common

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There are countless articles now on Amazon’s decision to break up with New York, ironically announced on Valentine’s Day, and the withdrawal of its plans to build HQ2 in Long Island City. It has also spurred other businesses to follow its lead, irrespective of whether Amazon is even a relevant player in the ecosystem in which it operates.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations. Product: Quidsi.

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

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In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are.

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‘Stranger Things’ And Starcourt Mall Teach Us About Big Tech And Innovation

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When I realized I needed to buy a pair of spinning shoes for a spin class three days later, I went to Google to find articles on the latest and greatest styles, and then to Amazon to read reviews and make my purchase. Taxes and other measures put in place years earlier were even rolled back.