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.

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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 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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Clark's comments came at S&P Global's TPM23 conference in Long Beach, California.

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

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

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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.

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A day in the life of a delivery driver in NYC working 10-hour shifts and covering 100+ miles

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Bikers at MetroSpeedy make $15 per hour plus tips, while drivers who provide their own vehicles make $20-25.

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FedEx warns drivers not to throw packages or make 'obscene or offensive markings' on them

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A FedEx worker delivers packages in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022.

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See packages delivered by boat, plane, drone, and donkey as e-commerce reaches every corner of the world

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A DHL manager hands a package to a courier from a boat carrying express packages in one of the canals of Amsterdam.

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UPS plans to lay off some of its controversial weekend drivers, union reps say, as delivery companies downsize for post-pandemic life

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UPS's higher-paid, unionized workforce gave it an advantage during the pandemic. Now that package volume has slowed from pandemic highs, many logistics companies are re-evaluating the size of their workforce.

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Americans are completely addicted to free shipping. It just makes us spend more.

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Smart retailers are using shoppers' obsession with free shipping to their advantage, driving more and bigger orders.

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