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Chris Lester is The Star's assistant managing editor/business. His columns appear on Tuesday. To reach him, write in care of the business desk at 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108, call (816) 234-4424 or send e-mail to clester@kcstar.com.
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Let’s do a gas-tax holiday. That will solve our problems at the pump. Brilliant! All I can figure is that presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton must have been swilling Guinness before deciding to endorse a summertime federal gas-tax holiday.
While perusing the results of our annual Star 50 data crunch, the temptations of pro forma accounting become obvious.
In many markets across the country these days, a 3 percent year-over-year decline in average existing home sales prices would prompt sighs of relief, if not outright cheers.
There’s news from the Federal Reserve. No, not that the Fed’s monetary policy committee is meeting today and Wednesday to consider what to do about our current economic malaise.
If you think gas prices are high now, just wait a few weeks. As the summer driving season looms, things are setting up nicely for $4 gas.
The folks at Unilever would have slipped it right past me if they hadn’t subtly changed the shape of their Skippy peanut butter jar.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is no Winston Churchill — far from it. But Bernanke briefly brought the prime minister to mind last week as he prattled on in testimony before Congress.
Bombardier Aerospace’s consideration of Kansas City for an aircraft assembly plant provides a vivid example of the economic effect of a crumbling currency.
Presumably you’ve heard the old bit about how successful capitalists always seek to privatize profits and socialize losses.
Cut and run. That’s the scenario as the Federal Reserve gathers today to ponder its next move in a financial minefield pockmarked by a struggling economy, a grinding credit crunch and troubling signs of inflation.
