3 Questions to Ask When Determining Raises for 2019
Running a business means controlling the financial fate of the folks who work with you and for you, which is why many company owners find the process of determining raises overwhelmingly stressful. If you’re at the point where you need to start making some compensation-related decisions, here are a few key questions to ask yourself […]
Use Your Health Insurance Before Year’s End
The end of the year is full of activities. Family, school, and work obligations can keep you running constantly, without the time to consider other important things – such as whether you have used all of the health care and dental plan benefits covered by your insurance. Are insurance concerns not high on your holiday […]
Rivian takes on Tesla
In a renovated old cash register factory in suburban Detroit, 300 engineers are toiling away on an all-electric pickup truck and an SUV that they hope can take on Tesla. All of them work for Rivian, which on Monday will unveil the two vehicles ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show. It is among a […]
GM workers shell-shocked
Shell-shocked GM workers streamed into the rain and chill wind after their union sent them home on Monday amid word that their plant would be closing by the end of 2019, dealing a blow to a city and region once synonymous with the automaker. As workers and their families digested the pending loss of more […]
Maple Leaf to close 3 plants
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is building a $660-million fresh-poultry facility in London, Ont., that will enhance its ability to process higher-margin products by closing three aging plants in the province. The protein company will invest an initial $605.5 million into the plant that will serve Eastern Canada and an additional $5 million into related projects […]
B.C. households spend the most on online shopping, dropping $3,369 a year, new database finds
Data from Environics Analytics and J.C. Williams Group predicts online grocery shopping will soon begin to challenge the sales supremacy of clothing Households in British Columbia spend more online annually than households in any other province, according to new research on the e-commerce habits of Canadians. The data — released to the Financial Post by […]