These cities and states are throwing hundreds of millions at Amazon for its new headquarters

Mike Segar/Reuters In 2018, Amazon willname one North American cityas the future home of the company'ssecond headquarters, dubbed HQ2. The company says HQ2 will bring 50,000 jobs, and recentlylaunched an open call for city proposalsthat explain why the e-commerce giant should invest $5 billion in building a campus there. The deadline for proposals was this week, and at least 50 metro areaswere expected to submit. In addition to offering huge swaths of land, financial incentives have become key p...