Des Moines

Insight on Business 5 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie talks about the
business news of the Des Moines Metro and offers up interviews with news
makers from the area.  Today we visit with Rick Davis of Fidelity Bank
and Rick Davis Loans about a brand new program for college students.
Imagine owning your housing rather than...renting.  Rick shares the new
news today. In the second half-hour we're joined by Jill Flemming.  Jill
was in a "crappy corporate job" and fear was holding her back from
starting a new business.  The story about how she broke through with
mentoring help from Desmund Adams and Mitch Matthews and how that
experience launched a second business.  Inspirational and great advice
from Jill Flemming from Promised Land Journey Coaching and Consulting.Those
interviews and the business news from the Des Moines Metro, the Wall
Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest, a report from
agriculture and so much more. Thank you for listening!

Insight on Business 6 September 2013

Insight on Business the New Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday starting at 5PM Central on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  The News Hour focuses on business and interviews with news-makers.  In this podcast we hear from Matt McCarty, an active duty police officer who is a co-owner of Drive With Cops a driving school.  It's different, unique to the Metro and there is a special reason, according to McCarty, why this is so...personal.Following the stocks and a report from agriculture we spend some time with Rick Green the Des Moines Register.  Three weeks ago Gannett named Green, who had been the editor of the paper for three years, as the new publisher and president.  It's a return to having a journalist as the leader of a swiftly changing media and he is very candid about his mission.Insight on Business the News Hour is a creative body of work from Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications based in Urbandale, Iowa.  You can connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and our Facebook Page is right here.

Insight on Business - 3 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie shares the news of business and economic development.  Today our guests included Ted Irvine the former president of the Des Moines West Side Chamber and a key contributor to a plan known as the Ingersoll and Grand Revitalization Plan that calls for improvements from sewers to streetscapes the latter costing a bit over eleven million dollars.  Then in the second half hour we visit with Todd Frederickson the president of the Iowa Wild Hockey Team.  Todd has a long history in professional hockey and we talked about the past and shined a light on the future.  AHL hockey is coming back to Des Moines.   Along with our conversations with news-makers we share the business news of Des Moines along with the Wall Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest and the agriculture report.

Insight on Business - 2 September 2013 - Labor Day

Insight on Business - The News Hour and the Labor Day 2013 Edition. Today we hear from Justin Brady, small business owner and organizer for the Iowa Creativity Summit.  What is it?  What can business learn from creativity and more with Justin Brady. Because it's Labor Day we visited with several Des Moines Labor Leaders.  We heard from Danny Homan the president of AFSCME and Ken Sager from the AFL-CIO.  Some encouraging words from the president of the Des Moines Area Community College Rob Denson and some thoughts about labor day with Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald and Congressman Bruce Braley.  Those interviews and local business news right here.  Thanks for coming by!