Are We There Yet?

"Inflation won't be an issue for most of 2010," said Chris Kuehl, co-founder and managing director of Armada Corporate Intelligence in Kansas City. Kuehl was a speaker at Kansas City-based Country Club Bank's Annual Economic Forum. Kuehl believes unemployment, however, will be an issue for a long time. He also believes oil will be close to $100 a barrel by the end of the summer and manufacturing consolidation will be a big theme in the coming year.

When asked about housing, Kuehl said that demographics are favoring a recovery beginning in 2012 or 2013. That is when the country will see a demographic push for starter homes from a mini- baby boom. Kuehl also mentioned that commercial …

French Open Show Court Schedule

The show court schedule Sunday for the French Open at Roland Garros (with seedings in parantheses):

Play begins at 9 a.m. GMT on all courts

Court Philippe Chatrier

Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, vs. Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia

Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, vs. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia

Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil, vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (18), France

Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, vs. Alize Cornet (19), France

Court Suzanne Lenglen

David Nalbandian (6), Argentina, vs. Carlos …

Seven subs get ok

English Premier League will be able to name seven substitutes inmatches next season.

Currently only five subs can be named, with three of them ableto be used.

Tottenham proposed the change and the rule amendment wasapproved by the league at a meeting of their …

What's not for lunch?

A proposal issued by former President Clinton would require U.S. manufacturers of hot dogs, deli/ready-to-eat meats and poultry to routinely test food and production areas for contamination by Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious infection, called listeriosis. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that eating foods contaminated by listeria causes about 2,500 serious illnesses and 500 deaths each year.

Pregnant women, older adults and people with weakened immune systems are increased risk for listeriosis. For these consumers, the USDA says: 1) don't eat …

Windstream 1Q earnings fall 68 pct on debt charge

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voice and data services provider Windstream Corp. said Wednesday that its first-quarter earnings plunged 68 percent mainly because of a charge to pay off debt.

The company earned $23.5 million, or 5 cents per share, in the quarter that ended March 31. This compares with $74.1 million, or 17 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2010.

If not for first-quarter charges, Windstream said it would have earned 19 cents per share. On that basis, the results fell a penny below the average estimate among analysts polled by FactSet.

Windstream said revenue rose 21 percent to $1.02 billion; Analysts were …

'Lockergate'?: Producer apologizes for e-mails

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of "The Hurt Locker" who sent multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture race and "not a $500 million film" _ an obvious reference to close-competitor "Avatar."

The e-mails by Nicolas Chartier, one of four nominated producers for "The Hurt Locker," violated the academy's rule against sending mailings that "attempt to promote any film or achievement by casting a negative light on a competing film or achievement," according to academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger. Chartier put up the financing …

STAT PACK

$40 million

The estimated total economic impact generated by the BASS MastersClassic, according to a 1995 study by the University of …