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President Trump tells us that the United States does not need Canada. However the economics tell a different story. We'll take a deep dive into that this evening. This is the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 27th day of August, thank you for being with us. In other news, Wall Street ended the day in the green. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is going to address interest rates and inflation on Friday. Back to Canada…that nation is seeing a boom in defense manufacturing. Mortgage rates rose yet again and we’ll share the new number. Speaking of numbers, we’ll check those in The Wall Street Report and economists may have been missing the real impact of inflation on lower wage families by as much as 90 percent.  
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Today Meta agreed to a huge settlement of nearly $18 billion and that is where we start today. This is The Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 26th day of August, thank you for being here. In other news, Wall Street had a sluggish day. Inflation continues and we’ll share the numbers. The U.S. economy grew at just 1.5% in the second quarter, well below expectations but consumer spending rebounded.  That rebound in spending amounts to a credit card warning sign and we’ll explain. We’ve got the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Nvidia posts strong results but, there is a but.
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Dolly Parton was not only a gifted singer/songwriter but also a sharp business person and that is where we start this evening.  This is the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 25th day of August, thank you for being with us. In other news, falling oil prices helped the major U.S. indexes end in the green. We’ll take yet another look at what Canada has done with it’s own set of tariffs against the United States and offer you some information regarding the many false statements made by President Trump about Canada in a link to CNN Fact Check by Daniel Dale…amazing. While the price of oil fell today consumers are still seeing gasoline above 4 dollars and we have a new report on consumer confidence. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and what in the world is the matter with Target?  The chain can’t seem to even do Halloween correctly.  
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The trade war between the United States and Canada is getting very ugly and that is where we'll begin this evening. This is The Business News Headlines for Monday the 24th day of August, thanks for being with us. . In other news, Wall Street closed mixed. Meanwhile Mexico is getting ready to ship more beef into the U.S.  The U.S. announced new economic sanctions against Iran and nations doing business with that country. One of the latest fads?  Driving dangerously on purpose and share video on TikTok. Britian says…enough.  We’ll have the numbers in The Wall Street Report and video companies are joining together to bundle what they believe viewers want. 
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Is your employer spying on you using some fancy digital tools?  A growing number of employees say they are and that's where we start this evening. This is The Business News Headlines for Friday the 21st day of August, thanks for being here. . In other news, Wall Street reversed course and ended the day in the green. Tesla has recalled nearly three million vehicles in China and we’ll share why. Teachers are teaching about AI and the danger of chatbots. Uber is fined a billion dollars and we’ll share by who and why. The editor and chief of Stars and Stripes a military publication has been…fired. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Apple is eliminating some 200 jobs…and why. 
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

You know that bond buy-back program that was announced just yesterday?  It backfired and the markets sank. This is the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 20th day of August, thank you for being with us. In other news, the national debt hit a new high and that too rattled Wall Street.  Meanwhile Walmart is sounding an alarm and the company stock sank today. The administration is ramping up economic attacks on Cuba. We’ll check the dismal numbers in The Wall Street Report and the number of foreign students coming to the U.S. for college has dropped and what that means for U.S. students. 
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The U.S. and Canada have bought a little time when it comes to increased tariffs and we'll share what we know first this evening. This is The Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 19th day of August, thanks for being here. In other news, Wall Street closed higher and it was the impact from the bond market. Some testimony in the Meta trial is out and it doesn’t sound good for the company. We have a story about what promises to be a cancer therapy breakthrough. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and we’ll take a peek at the Fed Minutes that were just released and let you know…what we know.
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Eleventh hour trade talks between the U.S. and Canada in an attempt to reach a deal before midnight and that is where we start. This is The Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 18th day of August, thanks for being with us. In other news, opening arguments have begun in that big Meta trial taking place in California. In other legal news ABC has sued the FCC on First Amendment grounds and we’ll detail what that is about. A watchdog group says there is forced labor happening in the Dominican Republic and it could impact…you. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Pennsylvania targets data centers in a new executive order.
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

You, the U.S. consumer, cut back on retail purchasing and that economic trend is just one of a couple we are following this evening.  This is the Business News Headlines for Friday the 14th day of August and thanks for being with us. In other news, markets turned red on Friday and why.  The most recent survey of consumers by the University of Michigan is out and that too spells trouble for the future.  Reddit will soon join the S&P 500 and we’ll share that story. According to Edmunds these cars will not be around next year and some have already disappeared.  We’ll check the Friday number in The Wall Street Report and we’ll have a report on how hobbyists are helping prop up the economy. 
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Today we'll share two tariff related stories but this first one you might want to pay attention to...think refunds. This is The Business News Headlines for Thursday the 13th day of August, thanks for being with us. In other news, the editor of Forbes has been fired…and it’s a big story. The White House says the nation is losing billions of dollars as countries dodge the tariffs. The story is national as license plate reader Flock says it is changing some policies. A massive toy recall happened today and the story behind it. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Netflix shutters some gaming studios and it was sudden.
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The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday.
You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.