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Walmart broadens 10% staff discount to include most grocery products

Walmart broadens 10% staff discount to include most grocery products

(Reuters) -Walmart is expanding its 10% employee discount to nearly all of its grocery items, including dairy and meat, through the year, the company’s chief people officer told its staff in a letter on Wednesday. The discount, previously limited to fresh produce and general merchandise such as apparel, now extends to almost all food categories — including milk, meat, dry …

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AMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’

AMD CEO won’t offer 0 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’

“I think competition for talent is fierce. I am a believer, though, that money is important, but frankly, it’s not necessarily the most important thing when you’re attracting talent,” Lisa Su, CEO of $284 billion semiconductor giant AMD, recently told Wired. “I think it’s important to be in the zip code [of those numbers], but then it’s super important to …

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‘Crazy!!’: How BLS staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner

‘Crazy!!’: How BLS staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Depressing.” “CRAZY!!” That’s how staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics reacted after President Donald Trump fired its commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after a dismal jobs report issued Aug. 1 undermined the White House’s claims of an economic boom. The emails obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act suggest an agency with little of …

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Kennedy Center Honors announcement from Trump catches staff off guard : NPR

Kennedy Center Honors announcement from Trump catches staff off guard : NPR

President Donald Trump talks to the media in the Hall of Nations at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump’s announcement on Truth Social that the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors recipients would be announced tomorrow caught Kennedy Center …

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CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting | Atlanta

CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting | Atlanta

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to …

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Trump Says He’s ‘Going To Look At’ Marijuana, As White House Chief Of Staff Receives Rescheduling Reports

Trump Says He’s ‘Going To Look At’ Marijuana, As White House Chief Of Staff Receives Rescheduling Reports

President Donald Trump’s administration is currently weighing whether to move forward with the marijuana rescheduling process initiated under the Biden administration, with the president recently telling donors that “we need to look at” the issue, according to reports. “That’s something we’re going to look at,” Trump said at a $1 million-a-plate fundraising dinner at his Bedminster, New Jersey club recently, …

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CDC officials try to reassure staff after fatal shooting in Atlanta – The Washington Post

CDC officials try to reassure staff after fatal shooting in Atlanta  The Washington Post Emory University Atlanta campus shooter: What we know  FOX 5 Atlanta Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say  CNN CDC gunman might have been driven by mistrust of vaccines in deadly attack  AJC.com Emory, CDC Shooting: A timeline of how …

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Tron: Catalyst & John Wick Hex Dev ‘Bithell Games’ Makes “Majority” Of Staff Redundant

Tron: Catalyst & John Wick Hex Dev ‘Bithell Games’ Makes “Majority” Of Staff Redundant

Image: Good Shepherd Bithell Games, the developer behind John Wick Hex, TRON: Identity, and TRON: Catalyst, is sadly making “eleven jobs” at the studio redundant. Studio founder Mike Bithell shared a message on Bluesky earlier today stating that his studio — which he founded in 2013 following the release and critical success behind Thomas Was Alone — has “been unable …

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US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts | Trump administration

US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts | Trump administration

Across the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets. The National Park Service (NPS), responsible for maintaining cherished wildernesses and sites of cultural importance from Yellowstone to …

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