As the clock counts down to Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, Dallas and Austin have a strong shot at the $5 billion second headquarters, data from CNBC's latest study on competitiveness suggests.
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) could narrow the finalists as soon as this month for the new headquarters and the 50,000 jobs the company says will go with it. Or, Amazon could wait until November or December, although most involved in the process doubt that because the announcement could complicate the holiday…