Truckers say Amazon's new logistics empire is being underpinned by low, 'ridiculous' rates — and some are refusing to work with them

"I love Amazon," one trucking company executive said. "I get all of my stuff off of Amazon, but I don't want to do business with them."

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Truckers say Amazon's new logistics empire is being underpinned by low, 'ridiculous' rates — and some are refusing to work with them "I love Amazon," one trucking company executive said. "I get all of my stuff off of Amazon, but I don't want to do business with them." Read More »

L.L.Bean CEO reveals the lessons the company has taken from its iconic Bean Boot that would sell out ever year L.L.Bean CEO Steve Smith says the success of the Bean Boot was both a lesson and an example of how the company approaches business. Read More »

Slack has made chat hot. But here's why Google's Gmail product boss says chat is going to be swallowed up by email. Keeping tabs on two separate messaging platforms is a recipe for information overload. Google thinks the answer is to put it all inside Gmail. Read More »

The Cuyahoga River caught fire 50 years ago today. These stomach-churning photos highlight why the EPA exists. Photos of the Cuyahoga River, which burst into flames over a dozen times, remind us why Richard Nixon created the US Environmental Protection Agency. Read More »

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Qualcomm Ventures is hosting its first-ever pitch event for startups with female founders, with a $500,000 prize on the line Qualcomm Ventures will host its first Female Founder Summit on July 10 in San Francisco. 10 AI startups with female founders will compete for $500,000. Read More »

The Trump Administration just unveiled a $50 billion economic plan to encourage investment in Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries, but it could be tough to get support for it The Trump administration hopes that other countries, principally wealthy Gulf states, and private investors, would foot much of the bill. Read More »

Take a look inside an Amazon Air Boeing 737, the latest weapon in Jeff Bezos' master plan to win the delivery wars Amazon uses its own planes to ensure a speedy delivery, and it just announced that it was taking on 15 more Boeing 737-800BCFs as part of this. Read More »

Hold on to your current smartphone for as long as you can Smartphones are really expensive right now, and you may not actually need to get a new device. Read More »

The white supremacist convicted of killing Heather Heyer in Charlottesville has asked a judge for mercy Lawyers for James Alex Fields Jr., 22, said in court documents Friday that the defendant should not spend his entire life in prison. Read More »

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