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Armonk, NY
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First Amazon Go, Checkout-Free 'Store Of Future,' Opens
Amazon may be once again changing the way tristate residents -- and American -- get their shopping done. Amazon launched its first Amazon Go store this week, a checkout-free grocery store that opened its flagship store in Seattle on Monday after experimenting with physical retail locations for several years. According to Amazon, the company “created the world’s most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line.” The inaugural store is 1,800-square feet and in Amazon's main headquarters. “Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technolog…
Armonk, NY
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Amazon Reveals Average Salary, Number Of Jobs It Will Add At HQ2
Amazon has revealed the number of jobs it expects to add and the average annual salary at its new second headquarters after announcing 20 finalists, including New York City, for the new location Thursday morning.Amazon said it expects to invest more than $5 billion in construction and grow this second headquarters to include as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs with an average salary of $100,000. Seattle-based Amazon did not disclose how it determined the finalists after receiving nearly 300 applications from localities. The winner will be selected later this year. No specific month for that…
Hackensack, NJ
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Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen
An Indian national who admitted that he groped a teenage girl on a flight to Newark from Seattle was sentenced Friday to 90 days in federal prison. Vijaykumar Krishnappa, 29, got the maximum Friday after pleading guilty in early November to assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States in exchange for a sentence of 30 to 90 days. Krishnappa didn't know the girl, 16, who was seated next to him on the United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark this past July 23, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He admitted that while the victim was asleep, he "intentionally to…
