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Twelve Tips - Speak Your Way to Success

It's always a good day when we can welcome our friends from Tero International to our studios. Today it's Carlos Alvarez one of the Tero Trainers in to talk about IMPACT - Speak Your Way to Success. You'll learn a dozen tips that you can put to work right away that will make you a better communicator and give you added confidence. Both will have a positive impact on your career.  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. 

The Business News Headlines and More 12 June 2019

We've got the business news headlines for you and they are just a click away. Today you'll learn more about these stories and we go Out to Lunch with political organizer Pete D'Alessandro. Here's what's on tap today: 
The stuff you buy isn't going up in price;
Good news for drivers;
Two retail stories (Walmart & Kohls);
Why a company is scraping the launch of it's new laptop;
Wait! Amazon DIDN'T succeed at something?
How about a "submarine car";
Reverse mortagages are coming back to haunt;
The employees that don't want a raise.
Those stories and Quick Bites with our Out to Lunch Guest Pete D'Alessandro. Three questions we ask each of our guests. It will help you get to know our thought leader and political organizer. To hear Quick Bites click here. 
Then we go Out to Lunch at Trostel's Dish with Pete and talk politics. Chicago politics, Illinois politics, unions, Iowa politics, and something called "Democratic Socialism" that Pete says scares the hell out of folks until they realize how many things are already working for them that comes from Democratic Socialism. To hear that conversation, over lunch, click here.. 
Thanks for coming by! 

Business Events in the DSMUSA Metro with Laura Kinnard

Spend some time with us and learn more about some curated business events happening in the Des Moines, Iowa Metro. Here Laura Kinnard from Drake University at DMBizMixer.com talks about money, starting your own business, social media, crickets as food (no really...and yes, they are Kosher!) and much more. Click through and then get out there...
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. 

The Asian-Latino Coalition with Mitch Henry

Not long ago some Iowans got together and formed the Asian Latino Coalition and it's grown from a couple of dozen members to a group that is approaching one-thousand. And, because it's caucus time in Iowa the coalition punches way above their weight hosting nearly every 2020 Democratic hopeful. Here I visit with one of the founders Mitch Henry who works the social media, the phones and his Board to crank out program after program. Meet Mitch Henry...
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. 

The Business News Headlines and Gov. Jay Inslee

Welcome back to Insight on Business the News Hour for Tuesday the 4th of June. Thanks for coming by. Today in the business news headlines ahead of our conversation with 2020 presidential hopeful Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA):
Trade tensions dissipate and tech rallies;
Tesla gets $ from who???
CVS expanding even more into the health care arena;
Imagine an airplane where the seats are in the wings;
How much must you make in a year to be...rich?
New toys for millennials seeking comfort in the past.
Those stories and a conversation with Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) as he makes his case for the Democratic nomination for president in the 2020 elections. While you may have heard of Gov. Inslee and his stand on climate change we didn't start there but on the surprising economics of Washington State. Here is that story. 
Thanks for coming by! 

Fifteen Minutes with Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington State

He is the sitting governor of the State of Washington and he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Governor Jay Inslee was touring Iowa and spoke to a meeting of the Iowa Asian/Latino Coalition where he not only outlined his thoughts about climate change, which has been center to his campaign, but some surprising economic realities of Washington State. We start out by talking about the many progressive items he has brought forward and why Washington is the number one state in the nation for GDP. I think you'll be surprised and here is his campaign website. 
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. 

The Business News Headlines 3 June 2019

When we closed to books on Friday there was hope the markets would bounce back on the first trading day in June. That was not to be.  Here's what we've got just a click away:
Apple and iTunes and watches;
Farmers in Canada also in trouble;
Amazon says it's all about speed;
President Trump goes after AT&T;
News about Russia and Tinder;
Heard about "Deep Fakes?
And, we're not making this up, a new toilet paper roll for Millennials.
Those stories plus Laura Kinnard from Drake University and DMBizMixer.com joins me to talk it up about business events and more. Click here to listen in. 
Thanks for coming by! 

Business News Headlines 30 May 2019

A different format at a different time of day. The business news on your time. Today we've got quite a list of interesting stories and you'll be able to track what happens on Wall Street by following our Twitter Feed @IOB_NewsHour.  Today:
The bond yield and you;
Wait, Payless Shoes still open;
Careful what you promise;
Pssst Google says is it "confidential";
Who, other than consumers, gets stung by the trade war?
Ultra-Prepared Food - It could be killing you.
Those stories and we go deep into a conversation about firearms with Tom Hudson a partner in the Johnston, Iowa based Crossroads Shooting Sports. We talk gun sales, gun laws, training, responsibility and the odd reason why firearm sales are down. What he says might surprise you...listen in right here. 
Thanks for coming by! 

Out to Lunch with Brad Anderson of AARP-Iowa

Each week I get to take a thought leader "Out to Lunch" and we talk business. The only difference is that YOU get to listen in. Today I'm Out to Lunch with Brad Anderson the State Director for AARP-Iowa. Now, before you figure there is nothing here for you...hang on. Brad has information about a number of programs that will touch each member of your family and, you'll also get to learn about him, his "dream job" and more. Click ahead and listen in as we go Out to Lunch with Brad Anderson at our host location, Trostel's Dish. 
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. 

The Business News Headlines 22 May 2019

It's the "Vacation Edition" of the Business News Headlines. Today as stocks struggle with trade concerns we've got these stories:
Department stores struggle and their stocks fade;
While some retailers sink Target gets a bump up;
Lowe's disappoints but Home Depot...nope;
Good news for Apple computer fans;
Want a Tesla? New pricing;
Just in case you've run out of stuff to worry about we've got a looming story;
Want extra time to do the SAT? Move to a more affluent school.
Those stories plus an amazing conversation with author and 2020 presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson. We talk about economics, families, working folks, the system and so much more. And, at no time did it seem like she had to talk...politically. Very interesting and to hear that...click right here. 
Thanks for coming by!