On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Small businesses around Amazon's headquarters buildings — the restaurants, bars, doggy daycares, hair salons, gyms and more — could see a boon from the tech giant's new five-day return-to-office policy. "I'm ready," said Nasima Akhter (above), owner of Spice on Curve, a food truck in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.

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