Matthew Boyle

Cash bonuses will be smaller this year, even industries hard up for talent.

Year-end bonuses shrink 21% in sign of turbulent US economy

January 18, 2024 at 8:11 p.m.

U.S. workers are getting smaller bonuses, a sign that belt-tightening employers aren't as concerned about losing talent as in recent years. The average cash bonus paid to employees last month...

Companies plan to give smaller raises next year, surveys find

October 3, 2023 at 8:50 p.m.

Companies are trimming their budgets for merit raises next year, a sign of belt-tightening that could surprise some employees who had enjoyed two straight years of increases. U.S. employers surveyed...

Only 48% of U.S. workers say they use all their vacation days, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center.

Fewer than half of US workers use all their vacation days

April 3, 2023 at 7:29 p.m.

Spring break is here, and summer vacations are just around the bend. But while increasingly stressed-out U.S. workers say having paid time off is critical, many still don't even take...

AMERICAN CHEESE PER POUND | American cheese jumped just under 2% per pound between March and April 2020. The average cost is now $3.98.

Costco reimagines its food samples in era of social distancing

June 26, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Keep your hands to yourself. Costco Wholesale Corp. has begun offering food samples again in as many as 30 locations, but the sampling stations look nothing like the gluttonous free-for-all...

Actress Jessica Alba, co-founder of The Honest Co., listens to a presentation during the DreamForce Conference in San Francisco in September, 2015.

Unilever said to eye Jessica Alba’s Honest Co. for $1 billion

June 12, 2018 at 12:08 p.m.

Unilever has expressed interest in buying Honest Co., the household-products company co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, according to a person familiar with the matter. The process is at an early...

QuickTake Q&A: why ‘Megabrew’ hit pause due to pound’s plunge

June 10, 2018 at 2:23 p.m.

SABMiller has hit the pause button on the beer-industry merger known as "Megabrew," its $104 billion deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev. Blame Brexit. Following the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU,...

Unilever challenges Gillette with $1 billion Dollar Shave deal

June 10, 2018 at 3:29 p.m.

Unilever acquired Dollar Shave Club in a deal said to be worth about $1 billion, gaining a firmer foothold in the burgeoning market for male grooming products and opening up...

Pet care business feels bite of tough economy

August 23, 2021 at 8:13 a.m.

Liz Harper's dog once dined on bowls of Mars Inc.'s Royal Canin tailored to the boxer breed and packed with the heart-healthy amino acid L-carnitine. She'd wash it down with...

Pet care business feels bite of tough economy

December 24, 2018 at 3:33 a.m.

Liz Harper's dog once dined on bowls of Mars Inc.'s Royal Canin tailored to the boxer breed and packed with the heart-healthy amino acid L-carnitine. She'd wash it down with...

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