Dial Corp. should make its long-awaited decision on whether to sell the company or take other actions by August, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Herbert Baum said the decision will likely be made at a board of directors retreat in August. Baum became chairman and CEO at the same retreat in 2000, after the company had made three earnings warnings in the year, leading its stock to the lowest level in the company’s four-year history as a publicly traded company.Shortly ...