The mystery of Amazon HQ2 has finalists seeing clues everywhere

Amazon announced its search for a second headquarters, a project called HQ2, which the company says will bring $5 billion in investment and 50,000 high-paying jobs to the area it chooses

Over Labour Day weekend, a club promoter who goes by the name Purple posted a photo on Instagram from the LIV nightclub in Miami. In front of a wall graffitied with names and a single “Life Is Beautiful” sticker, Purple’s arm was casually draped over the shoulders of Jeff Bezos, the Amazon chief executive, whose pants matched the host’s name.

“It’s not everyday you get to hang with the richest guy in the world,” Purple wrote on Instagram. “What a pleasure.” But when The Miami Herald covered the celebrity spotting, its cares turned toward the practical: “Could this be good news