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This is a preview of a research report from   Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence,  click here . Current subscribers can read the report   here . Business Insider Intelligence Outside of the US Postal Service (USPS), FedEx and UPS have dominated the domestic logistics industry — and in particular, the last-mile of the delivery — for decades. On a quarterly earnings call in 2016, FedEx estimated that itself, UPS, and USPS executed a whopping 95% of all e-commerce orders. See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: Uber's Careem buy shows a pivot in international strategy THE AI IN TRANSPORTATION REPORT: How automakers can use artificial intelligence to cut costs, open new revenue streams, and adapt to the digital age Why China's ride-hailing market has space for new entrants SEE ALSO:  Amazon and Walmart are building out delivery capabilities

The tech giant is reportedly launching a free, ad-supported video news app for its Fire TV streaming devices, reports the Information. Amazon is further expanding its video reach. Read Full Story

Brendan McDermid/Reuters Elizabeth Holmes has become an increasingly infamous household name since HBO dropped its documentary, " The Inventor ," about the founder of the failed blood testing startup Theranos . But Elizabeth Holmes is actually a pretty common name, which has led to some weird stories and cases of mistaken identity for the others out there with the same first name-last name combo. Some Elizabeth Holmeses have taken the experience in jest and haven't felt any negative consequences, but others have had people emailing and texting them thinking they're the Holmes of Theranos fame. Just a few years ago, the name "Elizabeth Holmes" was instantly recognizable as one of Silicon Valley's most revered CEOs . Today, the name is associated with scandal and ignominy. Elizabeth Holmes' rise and dramatic fall has been well-documented. She was CEO of a blood-testing startup called Theranos, which was worth $9 billion at its peak, but it all ...

Phaidon’s latest book collects demolished, forgotten, and transformed architectural ruins–a topic that has obsessed popular imagination for centuries. What’s the value of a ruin? On the internet, it can be a few million clicks . In a city like New York, a few billion dollars . Eighteenth-century architects designed artificial ruins as aristocratic aeries; countless critics and designers have written about why they entrance us. Ruin and Redemption in Architecture , a new book from Phaidon and Dan Barasch, reckons with this enduring obsession. Read Full Story

Reuters The special counsel Robert Mueller's work is over, but his investigation's end does not mean President Donald Trump's legal woes are done. House Democrats have taken a keen interest in digging deeper into Trump's finances, using cues from the Mueller probe and investigations by federal prosecutors in New York. Among other issues, House Democrats are zeroing in on obtaining Trump's tax returns while scrutinizing the Trump Organization and the president's inaugural committee. Prosecutors investigating President Donald Trump and his finances left a trail of breadcrumbs that House Democrats are picking up on since the special counsel Robert Mueller wrapped up his work on the Russia investigation last week. Mueller was tasked with investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow to tilt the race in his favor. Encompassed in that investigation was the FBI's counterintelligence inq...

The Internet of Things is fueling the data-based economy and bridging the divide between physical and digital worlds. Consumers, companies, and governments will install more than 40 billion IoT devices worldwide through 2023. The next five years will mark a pivotal transformation in how companies and jurisdictions operate, and how consumers live. Being successful in the digital age doesn’t just require knowing the latest buzzwords; it means identifying the transformational trends – and where they’re heading – before they ever heat up. BI Intelligence Take the Internet of Things (IoT), for example, which now receives not only daily tech news coverage with each new device launch, but also hefty investments from global organizations ushering in worldwide adoption. By 2023, consumers, companies, and governments will install more than 40 billion IoT devices globally. And it’s not just the ones you hear about all the time, like smart speakers and connected...

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The company is expected to announce various bundles of third-party video subscriptions (but not Netflix), its own TV shows, digital news and magazines, and even a new credit card. Apple the distributor. Apple the bundler. Apple the affinity club marketer. Those are some new roles that we’re likely to see Monday at the company’s “It’s show time” event in Cupertino. Read Full Story

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