Rate cut? What rate cut? And with that news the markets slid today. We'll have that story and several more plus for the Interview an amazing story about...names. Just ahead:
- The world is changing...quickly. How do we know? Meatless burgers;
- So, what are Costco employees really checking when you get ready to leave?
- Another list of retail closings;
- Young home buyers, priced out of large cities are moving to smaller towns;
- What happened and why on Wall Street.
Plus for The Interview it's Kyle Hopkins from Tero International who is in to talk about the fascinating story of names. Kyle, who has lived in many different cultures, talks to us about the importance of names, the importance of learning how to pronounce names, what they say about the person and some tips on remembering names. Kyle Hopkins and names...click right here.
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This week we go Out to Lunch at the Range Grill + Golf with Dave Price the Political Director/Anchor/Managing Editor for WHO-HD TV-13 based in Des Moines, Iowa. We've got lots to talk about from his second political book Caucus Chaos - Trump to the business of TV broadcasting, how content is being delivered, what works, what needs work, the business of news gathering and much, much more. And, because we're right in the middle of the Iowa Caucus season we'll be talking about some memorable folks he's visited with over his 18 years in Central Iowa. Click through for more.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm 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.
Each week we go Out to Lunch with a business thought leader and talk business and you get to listen in on our conversation. BUT...before we order lunch we do Quick Bites...three questions we ask each of our lunch guests: Favorite and most impactful book, movie and if you were NOT doing what you are doing now...what would you love to do? Quick Bites with Ro Crosbie from Tero International as we go Out to Lunch at the Range Grill + Golf.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm 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.
While I was in New York for the New York Press Association I passed a vendor table and saw a cover of TV Guide. "What? that thing still around?" Oh, what I learned when I sat down with Michael Keever of NTVB Media. Join us as we talk about taking the frustration out of finding stuff on television. About how you can be reminded of what to watch and when. Along with a new TV Guide NTVB Media also has Hopper, View and Remind. Like TV but confused by way too many channels? Listen to this conversation about the new generation of TV Guide. . Meet Michael Keever, SVP/CMO for NTVB Media.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm 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.
You might say that investors get...well, nervous. It's the business news hour for Tuesday the 9th day of April. Inside:
- No, not nerves of steel;
- Job cuts in the oil industry and why;
- Robots coming to Walmart in a big way;
- Motel 6 owes millions to former guests but finding them may be difficult;
- Thing Uber and your local mall;
- Levi Strauss made a move that is paying off;
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Also today we'll visit with Katherine Haine from CityMedia.ca about the business of digital reputation. What? No, really, her company will scrub the internet to discover how your website and your social media look to consumers and then...if it needs fixing they can do that too. What is cool is the "health check" is...free. Click here to hear that conversation.
Then from a very different world meet Andy Ward and the Hey Buddy Podcast. Andy is a police officer from a small town in Eastern Iowa and when he puts down the badge he gets with friends and riffs about stuff they think is cool. We think it's worth a you knowing more. Listen in here.
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He is a police officer...he is a podcaster...he is from Sabula, Iowa. Yikes! Meet Andy Ward from the Hey Buddy Podcast where he and friends riff about stuff he thinks is fun, cool and a bit off beat. Andy is part of the Iowa Podcast Network. Go on...have a listen. He is a fun guy...even if he is a cop from the only island community in Iowa. No, really!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm 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.
We're coming to you from the New York Press Association Annual Conference and glad you clicked through. Here is what's inside:
- The jobs report and Wall Street;
- They are behind on their car payments...who and why;
- Behind the job numbers lurks something not so shinny;
- Where do you go to get paid the most?
- Who trusts social media and who doesn't;
- Gen Z is welcomed into the economy - What do they want?
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Those stories plus the role of print media in local communication. While many are saying print media is dead it's not...that is if you have the secret sauce. We talk with Walter Sanchez a board member for the New York Press Association and owner of BQE Media about that secret sauce, being hyper-local, advertisers, social media, community involvement and more about why Amazon left NYC. Listen to that conversation here.
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It's been a busy business day as the Dow took a pause and we talk video in our interview. Here's what's ahead:
- After a rousing day yesterday the markets stumbled;
- What happened to the nation's largest drugstore chain;
- Sexual misconduct and trying to hide it;
- The Opioid case that just gets bigger;
- Hey, PewDePie is back on top...what? You didn't know;
- Tanger Outlets in Williamsburg, Iowa sold;
- Home values climb in Polk County, Iowa by 10%;
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Plus today we're talking VIDEO with Kyle Plummer the marketing director for Tero International. They have doubled down on their video production work and we'll even show you some video. We'll talk about the value of video, how they started and why they have created an amazing studio. Click here to hear that story.
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It's Thursday and we've got the business news headlines for you. What happened and why that is so important. Here we go!
- Some systems are suggestion...(gulp) recession;
- The tax cut that is hurting the GOP;
- Jean maker Levi came back to Wall Street and...did they;
- Some Iowa TV stations are on the sale block;
- No Dave & Busters but something close coming to the Merle Hay Mall;
- What happened and why on Wall Street.
Also today I go "Out to Lunch" with the Mayor of Des Moines, Frank Cownie. But before we order we sit down for "Quick Bites" - Three questions we ask every OTL guest. You can hear that...right here.
Then it's Out to Lunch at Jesses Embers as Mayor Cownie talks about the changing demographics of Des Moines, transportation, new projects, quality of life, unemployment, and more. After 16 years as mayor it would seem he's still got a passion to do more. Frank Cownie as we go Out to Lunch and talk public policy. Click here to listen.
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