Scorching temperatures are making delivery a dangerous job — and it's only getting worse

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A delivery man stands in the sweltering heat, delivering packages in a hostile neighborhood.
Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and USPS make millions of deliveries every day. Heat waves make the jobs behind those deliveries more dangerous.

Chelsea Jia Feng/Insider

Amazon used 11.6% less plastic for shipping last year and is phasing out those blue and white plastic mailers

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Amazon packages on a conveyor belt.
Amazon plans to stop using plastic-padded mailers.

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Walmart is using AI to negotiate prices with suppliers, report says — and the suppliers are loving it

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Blue Walmart store-front
Walmart is using AI to negotiate deals with equipment suppliers.

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Western countries have scrambled to deliver billions of dollars of military gear to Ukraine. Getting it to the frontlines is a whole other problem.

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Marine Corps M777 howitzer C-17
A US Marine Corps M777 155 mm howitzer is loaded on a C-17 at a base in California in April 2022.

US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Royce H. Dorman

Amazon shoppers rally against new fee for some returns made via UPS: 'They need to learn to ship things better then'

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Customer stands at counter with Amazon sign inside Kohl's store
Kohl's and Amazon inked a deal in 2019 that allows Amazon customers to return items at Kohl's stores.

Ted Shaffrey/AP

A 31-year-old woman started her own trucking business with no money and made $1.4 million one year later. Here's how she did it.

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Brittany Traylor
Brittany Traylor started her trucking company, Traylor Transpo, in 2021.

Brittany Traylor

Even Walmart needs a side hustle. Here are 4 other ways the store chain makes its money – besides selling merchandise.

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Walmart, New Jersey
Walmart Supercenter in New Jersey.

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Weeks after mass layoffs, Flexport CEO Dave Clark says most of the company's work can be automated — it's just a 'question of time'

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Dave Clark smiles for a photo against a white background.
Clark's comments came at S&P Global's TPM23 conference in Long Beach, California.

Amazon

Russia's struggles in Ukraine are showing US special operators that they'll need to fight without their 'tethers' to win future wars

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Ukraine Romania US Army Special Forces Green Berets
Ukrainian, Romanian, and US Army Special Forces soldiers conduct close-quarters-battle training in Romania in May 2021.

Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits

The secret to faster delivery is clear: overhauling the street address as we know it

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A FedEx delivery man talks to a doorman in a fancy New York City Apartment building with a gold door.
Tech companies aim to end delivery driver confusion by creating new addresses that show drivers exactly where to go within massive apartment complexes and beyond.

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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