Five House lawmakers, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., have written to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy seeking that the company "provide exculpatory evidence to corroborate the prior testimony and statements on behalf of Amazon" by executives regarding Amazon's use of data from third-party sellers. Amazon has denied misusing such data to create its own products, but recent media reports have indicated otherwise.

Mueller Industries earned $170.98 million in the third quarter, up from $42.70 million in the year-ago period. The company had quarterly revenue of $982.25 million, up from $619.11 million.

Telematics systems that tap artificial intelligence and the internet of things are providing real-time insights for trucking fleets. "In addition to providing warnings and insights on potential collisions based on vehicle dynamics, the most advanced predictive safety systems are now able to understand the driver's state and behaviors such as distraction, drowsiness, cell phone use, holding objects, smoking and more," notes Nauto's Yoav Banin.

Distributors can help salespeople succeed during times of change by doing more with customer data and making it easy for sales to act on the insights, writes Senthil Gunasekaran, co-founder of ActVantage. "At ActVantage, we develop growth playbooks by integrating advanced data visualization techniques and micro-learning principles to help identify salesperson-specific action items," Gunasekaran writes.

Forrester's Christine Polewarczyk offers five ways business-to-business marketers can improve their content strategy, including focusing on content that retains customers as well as attracting new ones. Polewarczyk advises investing in content production systems that include automation and artificial intelligence and using behavioral intelligence to deliver content on the right platform at the right time.

Avoid the perils of perfectionism by focusing on progress, the present and the chance to learn from mistakes, says Ryan Estis. "As I look back at my life, so many of my biggest setbacks and mistakes were catalysts for growth and important life lessons," Estis writes.

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