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A two horse race between Calgary and Denver (and Calgary is in the lead)?

http://business.financialpost.com/ne...in-amazons-hq2

Scores of North American cities are expected to bid for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters, or HQ2, but only two — Calgary and Denver — are in a real race to win it, based on the giant Internet retailer’s requirements, said Adam Waterous, a member of the executive advisory committee of Calgary’s bid.

“Here’s the punch line: Based on the data, third party analysis shows that it’s a two-horse race between Denver and Calgary … and we are running the faster race,” the chief executive of Waterous Energy Fund and the former global head of investment banking at Scotiabank, said Wednesday.

“We think we have a large competitive advantage over Denver. We think we have a very good chance of winning this.”