Apple Avoids Amazon’s Beauty Contest, Searches Secretly for New Campus

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Post by cookscar » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:01 PM UTC

Apple Avoids Amazon’s Beauty Contest, Searches Secretly for New Campus
wsj.com

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Post by bluedino » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

A commenter on the article made a snarky reply about Apple choosing China as that's where a lot of the manufacturing is - I wonder why Apple/Amazon don't look internationally for HQ2?

Are their international offices 'big enough' for what they need?

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Post by seibelj » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

Not much of a secret when it’s on the front page of the WSJ. But at least they aren’t doing a huge public bake off

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Post by teej » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #2

A commenter on the article made a snarky reply about Apple choosing China as that's where a lot of the manufacturing is - I wonder why Apple/Amazon don't look internationally for HQ2? Are their international offices 'big enough' for what they need?

Isn’t economic espionage a major concern with China, especially if you’re Apple?

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Post by melling » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #2

A commenter on the article made a snarky reply about Apple choosing China as that's where a lot of the manufacturing is - I wonder why Apple/Amazon don't look internationally for HQ2? Are their international offices 'big enough' for what they need?

Apple is creating R&D offices in China:

http://fortune.com/2017/03/17/apple-rd-centers-china/

What does it mean to create HQ2? Tim Cook and Jony Ive will work there part of the year? Probably not.

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Post by woobar » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

seibelj wrote: post #3

Not much of a secret when it’s on the front page of the WSJ. But at least they aren’t doing a huge public bake off

Not just WSJ. It was in the news last week: https://www.wral.com/north-carolina-apple-negotiating-deal-o...

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Post by tambourine_man » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:58 PM UTC

Paywall. Alternative link?

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Post by IkmoIkmo » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:58 PM UTC

It's pretty clear it hasn't done Amazon's reputation any favours. And there's no reason to think government officials won't go above and beyond in offering incentives behind closed doors.

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Post by Reason077 » Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:59 PM UTC

woobar wrote: post #6

seibelj wrote: post #3

Not much of a secret when it’s on the front page of the WSJ. But at least they aren’t doing a huge public bake off

Not just WSJ. It was in the news last week: https://www.wral.com/north-carolina-apple-negotiating-deal-o...

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Post by duxup » Wed, May 23, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

I suspect Apple will get the same results when they finally talk to the locals about a HQ had they made a big public deal about it vs. somewhat quieter search (relative to Amazon).