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Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart
NEW YORK (AP) — In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax incentives and lighting the Empire State Building in Amazon orange.
By JOSEPH PISANI - AP - Sat Feb 16, 1:58PM CST
Payless ShoeSource to shutter all of its remaining US stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have closed down in the last year.
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP - Fri Feb 15, 6:36PM CST
Gucci to step up diversity hiring after 'blackface' uproar
NEW YORK (AP) — Italian fashion house Gucci announced a major push Friday to step up diversity hiring as part of a long-term plan to build cultural awareness at the luxury fashion company following an uproar over an $890 sweater that resembled blackface.
By ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP - Fri Feb 15, 6:02PM CST
Amazon's stormy week will blow over, but the debris may stay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It's been a complicated few weeks for Amazon, what with its from a massive New York City development, related to intimate photos taken by its founder Jeff Bezos and .
By RACHEL LERMAN and MAE ANDERSON - AP - Fri Feb 15, 5:46PM CST
Correction: Lithium Ion Batteries-Recycling story
CHICAGO (AP) — In a story Feb. 15 about a Department of Energy lithium-ion battery research and development project, The Associated Press reported erroneously the amount that would be spent over three years and the name of Hans Eric Melin's company. The correct amount is $15 million, not $15 billion. Melin's company is called Circular Energy Storage, having changed its name from Creation Inn.
Associated Press - Sat Feb 16, 9:11AM CST Airlines to give customers 'nonbinary' choice under gender
DALLAS (AP) — Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers the option of identifying themselves as other than male or female.
Associated Press - Fri Feb 15, 5:36PM CST IG report: Ex-housing agency director Watt misused position
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mel Watt, the former director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, misused his position when he attempted to coerce a female employee of the agency to engage in a personal relationship with him, according to a report from the agency's inspector general.
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