The 5 most popular CEOs in the US, as voted by employees — and the 5 least popular

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Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang received the highest approval rating of 96%, per Blind's survey.

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  • Anonymous employee social media platform Blind ranked 103 CEOs based on an employee survey.
  • Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang received the highest approval rating of 96%.
  • Western Digital CEO David Goeckeler and Nordstrom CEO Erik Nordstrom were at the bottom of the list at 0%.

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China still can't beat deflation as its economy continues to flounder

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China is still struggling to dodge deflation, official government figures released Friday showed.

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  • China remains on the brink of deflation, according to official figures published Friday.
  • Consumer prices were flat and producer prices slumped 2.5% in September, the data showed.
  • Beijing has made some moves to support China's faltering economy in recent months, but stopped short of
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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech

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If the missed-scan detection technology detects a problem a light above the machine illuminates, and it sends a text notification to a handheld device for employees assigned to the area.

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  • Walmart uses missed-scan detection at its self-checkout machines to help reduce theft.
  • Employees say the alerts can lead to uncomfortable encounters with customers.
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I'll never regret living in Europe after giving birth. I got way better maternity leave and my American friends envied me.

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  • Esther Strauss and her family moved to North Macedonia from the US. 
  • She says that she felt a lack of support when her baby was born in the US. 
  • In Europe, she was able to take more time off after giving birth. 

When my first child was born, I found myself faced with the harsh reality of no guaranteed maternity leave in the US.

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Vomit fees are being added to some restaurant brunch bills. Be careful with those bottomless mimosas!

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Restaurant workers don't want to clean up vomit, so their bosses are taking action against intoxicated guests.

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  • Bottomless mimosa deals can get pricey if you don't drink responsibly.
  • California restaurants are charging customers $50 cleaning fees for drunken incidents, reports say.
  • Bottomless brunch specials give customers an hour or so to enjoy as many mimosas as they want.

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Meta made its Llama 2 AI model open-source because 'Zuck has balls,' a former top Facebook engineer says

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center For Media in 2019.

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  • Meta released Llama 2 as a mostly open-source AI model in July.
  • Llama 2 has become really popular among AI developers. 
  • Replit CEO Amjad Masad said Mark Zuckerberg took a big risk making the model open-source.

Since Meta released Llama 2 as a (mostly) open-source project in July, the AI model has become a huge hit