The Business News Week in Review

We treasure the fact that you tune in each weekday for the business news headlines and our long-form business interviews. That's why we created this special edition for Monday the 28th of September. Because of the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur our offices are closed however, here are some of the business news stories you may have missed. We look forward to being back with you tomorrow the 29th.  Thank you for understanding! 

Stuff to DO with Cityview!

He's back!  After a scare (you'll hear about it) Jeff Pitts the managing editor for Cityview Magazine is back with Stuff to DO in the DSM Metro.  We riff on a bunch of stuff from movies, to music, yoga, rodeo, cycling, a renaissance event at Sleepy Hollow, closed bars (with a great idea on how to skirt the shutdown...no, really!) and much more. Have some fun already...you've earned it! 

The Business News Headlines 18 August 2020

It's the business news headlines for Tuesday the 18th day of August and 76 days until the November election.  Here's what we've got for you today:

• Catch a movie and the ticket is just 15 cents;
• 100 years ago today women won the right to vote;
• COVID19 and College;
• You and your passion for buying online..it's growing;
• Social Security and Joe Biden;
• CEO pay up a whopping 1,167%;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Halloween 2020...yikes!

Thanks for listening!

The Business News Headlines 19 June 2020

We made it to Friday and to Juneteenth at that.  It's the business news headlines for the 19th of June and thanks for coming by. Today:

• We bailed out banks...what about restaurants;
• The Ford Bronco and O.J. Simpson;
• College changes are coming, we've got a list;
• Volatile day on Wall Street;
• Juneteenth seeing more attention than ever and why. 

Thanks, again for coming by...look for us to be back on Sunday, Noon Central, for the Business Week in Review on News/Talk 1540 KXEL and yes...it streams so you can pick it up...everywhere.  Also, follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour for the latest and our other programming notices.

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on Google Play, 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. 

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The Business News Headlines 23 December 2019

It's Christmas Eve...Eve and we've not only got the business news headlines but also a look at some fun stuff for business events in the Greater Des Moines, Iowa Metro and a look at some friends in Detroit. On tap:

• Super Saturday was really...SUPER for Retail;
• China trying to boost it's economy cuts tariffs;
• Boeing CEO out and the stock...up;
• The slow railway in Europe that is winning;
• Retail took a big hit this year. More to come?
• The Wall Street Report
• The U.S. sides with Germany about Roundup.

Also today, because of the holiday Laura Kinnard is in to chat it up about some things going on in the Des Moines Metro tonight and into later in the week. Think...Festivus and more. To hear that...click here.

Thanks for coming by! 

Business Events Christmas Week with Laura Kinnard

When a major holiday comes in the middle of the week and that holiday is Christmas...good luck finding business stuff to do. However, leave it to Laura Kinnard from Drake University and DMBizMixer.com to come up with some interesting things to do.  Starting out with a bit of a cocktail event at Hello Marjorie on Monday and also it's Festivus today at 515 Brewing. Come air your grievances and experience "feats of strength" as we gather around the Festivus Pole.  And, yes...we do talk about some other things...enjoy and Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah!  

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. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, 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. 

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The Business News Headlines 13 December 2019

If everybody was so excited about the U.S. China Trade Deal how come Wall Street...sighed? It's the business news headlines for Friday the 13th of December:

• Meh on Wall Street;
• Affordable housing on a cruse ship;
• Russian Police and Business;
• General Motors and pickups;
• Strip Clubs and CEO's;
• Apple and genetic testing;
• The markets did what today;
• Labor Unions and holiday food baskets;
• Retail contracted in November.

Those stories and Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine is in to talk about Stuff to DO in the Des Moines Metro this weekend into next week. It's Friday!  Have some fun already!  You can hear that...here. 

Thanks for listening! 

The Business News Headlines 11 December 2019

The Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 11th of December, and thanks for coming by. Today we've got:

• Apple WAS the world's largest public company but, no more;
• Home Depot and...Opioids?
• The Cocaine Santa Controversy;
• Pay Up - Prices are headed up on...;
• The Time Person of the Year;
• The Word of the Year.

Those stories plus constitutional law professor and partner in the firm Brann & Isaacson of Lewiston, Maine, George Isaacson joins me to talk about online sales tax and how it impacts sellers, different product, the more than 11,000 tax jurisdictions and the risk sellers have in getting any of this...wrong. To hear that conversation, click here. 

Thanks for listening!

The Business News 22 November 2019

It struck me, just as we were getting this ready for the newscast, that today is the 56th anniversary of the murder of President John Kennedy: November 22, 1963. In the business news today:

• President Trump speaks "deal" and the markets go up;
• That new Tesla truck...uhm....
• Organized Retail Crime is a thing;
• No tuna for you;
• Bathrooms and Starbucks;
• No "Angels" on the runway;
• Let's all embrace...napping at work.

Those stories and the markets plus Jeff Pitts the Managing Editor for Cityview Magazine is in to chat it up about "Stuff to DO" in the Des Moines Metro. We're talking music, whiskey, Christmas, East Village, Farmers Market and who in sports we "hate" this week. To listen, just click.

Thanks for coming by! 

The Business News & More 31 October 2019

Welcome to the Halloween Edition of the Business News Headlines...and yes, it was scary today on Wall Street. Stories we've got for you today:

• The comeback for J.C. Penny might mean less clothing and more yoga;
• Ford is closing another plant according to the tentative UAW contract;
• We've got a Halloween Candy story for you;
• The "go to" store for low income shoppers is....
• What happened and why on Wall Street.

Also today, Brad Anderson from AARP-Iowa joins me to chat it up about the Des Moines, Iowa City Council Forum they recently held. You'll learn about the top areas of concern for their membership, "complete streets", creating age friendly cities, new ideas for transportation...and more To listen to that conversation, click here.