Tool Kit - Making a Case for Partnership Pay
It only seems fair on the face of it. If your income — let’s face it, your financial survival — is not guaranteed as an owner of a small business, shouldn’t your employees take some of the risk in return for sharing in your...
Not Just Another Jelly Bean
Michael Stravato
Jelly Bellies were once hard to find, but larger stores like Candylicious in Houston now carry the brand. Tino Ramirez, a part owner there, says people sometimes eat candy in response to stress.
Easter may be long gone, ...
Del Monte Sells StarKist Unit to S. Korean Company
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — The food company Dongwon said on Tuesday that it would buy the canned tuna company StarKist from the Del Monte Foods Company for about $300 million in the latest push by South Korean food makers for global expansio...
Chinese-Australian Pact Brings Big Rise in Iron Ore Prices
China’s largest steel maker, Baosteel, and the Australian mining company Rio Tinto have agreed on the highest price increase in at least a decade in iron ore term contracts, the companies announced on Monday.
Baosteel has agreed to pay up ...
Registry for Lobbyists Is Greeted Coolly
BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Monday opened its voluntary registry for the thousands of lobbyists and special interest organizations operating in Brussels, aiming to shed more light on a group that seeks to influence regulations on ever...
Confronting Inflation, on Separate Continents
Adam Berry/Bloomberg News
A shopper in Berlin; sales in Germany have fallen as inflation has begun to worry Europeans.
FRANKFURT — In the view of a central banker, the worst thing about skyrocketing food and energy prices is not the...
China’s Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism
Du Bin
The lobby of the Kerry Center Hotel in Beijing, normally crowded with guests, is virtually empty; some blame visa policies.
BEIJING — The plush lobby of Beijing’s Kerry Center Hotel is usually crowded with foreign gue...
