Amazon.com Inc won the last approval it was seeking for an incentive plan that helped lure the largest online retailer to Northern Virginia.
The five-member Arlington County Board on March 16 unanimously approved US$23mil (RM93.88mil) in incentives for the company to build a headquarters in the Crystal City neighbourhood, just outside Washington, D.C. – after six and a half hours of testimony, protests and discussions by more than 100 people who argued for and against the deal.
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