Amazon Chooses 20 Finalists for Second Headquarters

Amazon said on Thursday that it had whittled the list of possible homes for its second headquarters to 20, including centers of technology like Boston and some surprise locations like Columbus, Ohio. The full list of finalists leans toward locations in the Midwest and South and on the East Coast, and away from the tech-saturated hubs of the West Coast.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/technology/amazon-finalists-headquarters.html?source=Snapzu

Bitcoin Continues to Plummet After Its Biggest Daily Crash in Four Months

What's behind the cryptocurrency's slide?
Read more: http://fortune.com/2018/01/17/bitcoin-price-crash-regulation/?source=Snapzu

Dow spikes 322 points, closes above 26,000 for the first time

Stocks traded higher on Wednesday following the release of stronger-than-expected quarterly results from some of the biggest U.S. companies. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 322.79 points, closing above 26,000 for the first time. The index first broke above the milestone mark on Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/us-stocks-dow-earnings-bank-of-america.html?source=Snapzu

Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law

Apple Inc. told employees Wednesday that it’s issuing a bonus of $2,500 worth of restricted stock units, following the introduction of the new U.S. tax law, according to people familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker will begin issuing stock grants to most employees worldwide in the coming months, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/apple-is-said-to-give-employees-2-500-bonuses-after-new-tax-law?source=Snapzu

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct. So how did it all go wrong at Uber?
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-18/the-fall-of-travis-kalanick-was-a-lot-weirder-and-darker-than-you-thought?source=Snapzu

Apple appears to be bringing nearly $245 billion home from overseas

Apple is paying nearly $38 billion in taxes to the United States under new federal tax laws.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-appears-bringing-245-billion-home-overseas-tax-repatriation-2018-1?source=Snapzu

Echo is listening, but Amazon's not talking

Amazon has a transparency problem. Three years ago, the retail giant became the last major tech company to reveal how many subpoenas, search warrants, and court orders it received for customer data in a half-year period. While every other tech giant had regularly published its government request figures for years, spurred on by accusations of participation in government surveillance, Amazon had been largely forgotten.
Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-the-least-transparent-tech-company/?source=Snapzu