Insight On Business the News Hour
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Thursday Nov 09, 2023
The Story of Tractor Mike a Great Entrepreneur
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
We've been doing this business broadcast in one form or another for close to 18 years. From Highway 6 Your Road to the Country to the Iowa Sportsman and for the past 13 years Insight on Business. During that time I've interviewed thousands of people and I've enjoyed every meeting because I always learn something. And, this is no different. Here you'll learn the story of Mike Wiles who, since 2012, has been "Tractor Mike" helping "town folks" learn more about how to operate small tractors on their acreage. But, that's not all. Mike has created an online store that sells products to those very folks who watch his videos. It's taking YouTube video tips to the next level. You'll find it all at on his site. Let's go!
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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 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.
Monday Oct 30, 2023
The Business News Headlines & More 30 October 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Could it be over? Today the UAW announced a tentative deal with the last of the hold-out Detroit automakers. Also today, Wall Street bounced way up. Welcome to the Monday Edition of the business news headlines. Glad you're with us. Also today you'll learn about the connection wine has with peace, restorative agriculture as we talk with Violet Grgich from Napa Valley's Grgich Hills Estate Winery and Vineyards. You've got to hear this great story. Also, if you want to reach us on social media and if you're on Threads you can find us @Insight_On_Business. And you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Here's what we've got for you:
The UAW tentative deal explained;
Markets rocket upward;
Trouble at your local pharmacy?
There is an eye-drop recall going on;
Mortgage rates and staying in your home;
The Wall Street Report;
McDonald's sees fewer customers but better sales.
For the interview you'll meet Violet Grgich as we talk about high quality wine, the goal of peace, the link to the World Food Prize and something called restorative agriculture. Violet heads the Grgich Hills Estate Winery and Vinyards in Napa Valley. To listen to this remarkable story click this link.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Peace, Wine, Agriculture and More with Violet Grgich
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
For over a week we've been immersed in the story of Roots of Peace and the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate Heidi Kuhn and today yet another story. This time we visit with Violet Grgich who leads the family business, Grgich Hills Estate & Vineyard based in Napa Valley. Here you will learn about a back-story of the very beginnings of Roots of Peace that took place in Croatia a nation that had one-million land mines until Mike Grgich (Now 100 "years young") met Heidi Kuhn. Twenty-five years ago they walked and cleared the area of mines and today that part of Croatia is alive with agriculture. Today you'll hear that story and so many others from our guest Violet...we're talking wine, peace, marketing and regenerative agriculture. And a shout out to The Festival of the Bells...you've got to go! Here's Violet...
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
The Business News Headlines & More 27 October 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
It's the end of a bruising week on Wall Street as the "blue chips" fell yet again. We'll cover that and much more in this the Friday Edition of the Business News Headlines. And, you are going to want to click through for a passionate conversation with the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and founder of Roots of Peace a non-profit that works to rid the world of land mines and then reclaim the area for agriculture. It's an amazing story from Heidi Kuhn. Also, if you want to reach us on social media and if you're on Threads you can find us @Insight_On_Business. And you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Here's what we've got for you:
Inflation Report and YOU are still spending;
It's been a wild year for Twitter; a quick review;
Legal issues for Abercrombie & Fitch;
Just why is it so tough to get a job? Some facts;
The Wall Street Report;
Food insecurity in the U.S. is growing.
Speaking of food our guest is Heidi Kuhn the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and the founder of Roots of Peace. You're going to listen to a passionate woman who, for twenty-five years, has been working to rid the earth of unexploded bombs and land mines. Once done her non-profit works with local farmers to reclaim the land and put it into production. That then gives these people a job and an income. You've got to listen and to do that click on this link.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate - Heidi Kuhn
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
In May of this past year I was sitting down with former Ambassador Terry Branstad, who also served as the longest sitting governor in the history of the United States. He said to me that he would look for me in Washington, D.C. at the announcement for the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate. I mumbled something about another commitment. He put his hand on my arm and said, "I'd like you to be there." I got the drift and attended. Fast forward to October and the world met Heidi Kuhn from Roots of Peace. Here you will listen to her passionate effort to not only help save humanity but also her work to reclaim land that is riddled with unexploded bombs and mines. Something she has been doing for twenty-five years. Listen...to her amazing story.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
The Business News Headlines 25 October 2024
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
We spent much of the day at the World Food Prize event in Des Moines, Iowa so you are getting a "Late Edition" of the Business News Headlines for this Wednesday evening. If you've got a moment check out the winner of this years World Food Prize, Heidi Kuhn and Mines to Vines. It's a great story and we'll have more from this event in the coming week. Also, if you want to reach us on social media and if you're on Threads you can find us @Insight_On_Business. And you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Here's what we've got for you:
"It's the economy, stupid..." What's going on?
Might a settlement be near? A UAW report;
The return of Bud Light makes the news;
Injuries at Amazon are higher than thought;
Raises for workers in 2024? Meager is the word;
The Wall Street Report
A "buzzy" company fizzles out.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
The Business News Headlines and an International Guest 11 October 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Welcome to the Wednesday Edition of the Business News Headlines for this the 11th day of October. Glad you're here again. The markets jumped up and down early in the session but then investors got wind that the Central Bank may be pausing any benchmark interest rate hikes for at least until later. That did have an impact. Also, make sure you click ahead for our interview with Willem Cornelisse from The Netherlands about an important substance key to so much manufacturing. While the substance is a danger during manufacturing there is no substitute available yet. Should the ban happen some key manufactured components would be hit very hard. Meanwhile, if you want to reach us on social media and if you're on Threads you can find us @Insight_On_Business. And you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Here's what we've got for you today:
The Fed Minutes from today;
The Social Security cost of living adjustment;
Big news from the world of energy;
The broken student debt crisis and an example;
Some Prime Day data for you...what you are buying;
Food news from Chipotle...sort of;
The Wall Street Report;
Restaurants and Restaurant Workers.
To listen to our conversation with business owner Willem Cornelisse from The Netherlands and his company Cornelisse Trading which is deeply concerned about the manufacturing process and a move to ban a substance in the EU that is sure to spread to the U.S. To listen click this link.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Going International with Willem Cornelisse 11 October 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Recently we were on assignment in Phoenix, Arizona and had the opportunity to visit with several folks who were attending the annual meeting of the group, Independent Distributors Association. Think heavy construction equipment and parts. While there we were able to reconnect with Willem Cornelisse the Managing Director of Cornelisse Trading a firm located in The Netherlands. Here we talk about a movement that started in Europe to ban a substance used in the manufacturing of nearly everything on the planet. The issue is that there is not yet a replacement substance and the damage would be huge to the manufacturing industry. Oh, the things you learn. Meet our friend Willem.
Thanks for listening!
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 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.
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Meet Paul Kelly of MaxiForce - More than Business
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
I've known Paul Kelly for several years and when I invited him to sit down for an interview about his company MaxiForce I was in for a surprise story about his father Santiago Morales. I also knew Santiago, who recently passed away, but I did not know this amazing story about his involvement with the CIA, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba that resulted in him being in a Cuban prison for 18 years. Here you will not only learn that story but also about the success of the business he started many years ago. Meet Paul Kelly...
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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 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.
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
The Business News Headlines 19 September 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Yesterday was a travel day for us as we made our way to Phoenix, Arizona for an assignment coming to you a bit later. And, yes, it's hot and sunny here. Meanwhile, we hear that back in Iowa that state received some much needed rain. If you want to reach us on social media and if you're on Threads you can find us @Insight_On_Business. And you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Here's what we've got for you today:
More strikes? The UAW is demanding movement;
The Instacart IPO went pretty well;
Looking for a job? Some big hiring numbers were out today;
Google losing digital ad buys but to...who?
Social Security checks to get larger;
Citi Group to lay off more workers and why;
The Wall Street Report
The merger of two U.S. football leagues?
Thanks for listening!
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 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.