Thank you for coming by again today...we've got plenty to unpack on this edition of the Business News Hour starting out with:
- Vacation Plans? Many Americans are skipping it this year;
- 3M played a major role in what happened to the Dow;
- GM is (sort of) adding 400 jobs;
- The "Store of the Future" lasted six months;
- Amazon reported earnings today after the bell;
- So too did Starbucks;
- The big next job isn't "plastics" but in another hot job market;
- What happened and why on Wall Street.
Then we get to go Out to Lunch with Ro Crosbie the founder, President and CEO of Tero International. But, before we order lunch we've got to do Quick Bites, three questions we ask each of our Out to Lunch guests. Listen here.
We wrap up the day talking business over lunch with Ro and you get to listen in. We're at the Range Grill + Golf for some great business stories, a peek at the future of Tero International and a couple of laughs. Click through and go Out to Lunch with us...you can hear that segment here.
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It's quite the story how Ro came to the United States for a job, meets her husband to be and forms a company that consisted of her....just her. That company Tero International now does work in many countries teaching time-tested and fact-based skills to individuals and corporations that want to achieve, lead and succeed. Listen in as we talk about the early days to what is on tap for the future. Out to Lunch with Ro Crosbie is now just a click away.
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.
Today the markets were up...a bit...but they were up. That story and more today in the Tuesday, April 16th Edition of the Business News Hour:
- The Health Care Industry slams Medicare for All;
- We know where you can get a great paying job;
- Netflix grows even with rising rates;
- This week yet another Facebook scandal;
- Then there were twenty-one - A convenience store story;
- Iowa ice cream headed to New York;
- What happened today on Wall Street and why.
2020 presidential hopeful Secretary Julian Castro was in Iowa and we caught up with him in what we're calling Ten Minutes with Julian Castro. Click here to listen.
What happens when you get a Mom who really wants to do something for education? You start something really different. Meet Kristyn Arnold from ANAWIM Housing who has partnered with the Des Moines Public Schools for a very different kind of fund raiser. Imagine a fund raiser where you don't have to spend any money but just...show up! Click here to listen.
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Yep, we know...it's Tax Day in America and yes, we've got a story about that. Also in the business news headlines:
- Stocks stall on big bank numbers;
- Shopping Malls are emptying at a frantic pace;
- Boeing? Still grounded;
- Soybean exports to China? In the tank;
- Tax Day and the real impact of the tax cuts;
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Those stories plus we'll introduce you to Victoria Schneps-Yunis who oversees a vast empire of newspapers, magazines, websites and now two podcasts from her home base in Brooklyn. It's a great story that keeps creating. I know you will enjoy getting to know more about Schneps Media and its matriarch Victoria. To listen to that conversation click here.
Because it's Monday Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer.com is with me to highlight various networking and business education events happening in the DSMUSA Metro. Go...and here is that link.
Thanks for listening!
Before we launch into our conversation over lunch we always ask our Out to Lunch guests three questions:
- Book that you've read that has had an impact
- Movie that you've seen that has had an impact
- Job - If you were not doing what you do...what would you like to do?
Our Out to Lunch Guest is former Sports Director for the CBS affiliate KCCI - Des Moines. Go ahead, get to know Heidi Soliday as we do Quick Bites at 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_NewsHou
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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It's the business news headlines for Tuesday the 19th day of March, 2019. Inside and just a click away we've got stories about:
- China, investors and nerves;
- Too many jobs, not enough people. It's a real deal;
- Day two of the Lyft road show and it's going very well thank you;
- Facebook settles some discrimination cases;
- Peloton is being sued for over $150 million;
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Those stories plus a conversation about yoga and the business of yoga. I get it, you can't go anywhere and not see folks that are into yoga...so what is it all about? Who does it? Why and what is the business model? Today in our Small Business Spotlight we'll introduce you to Mary McCarthy from Yoga by Mary. She's been in this space for nearly 20 years...long before it became fashionable. What is it all about? Click through or click right here.
To be sure I know little to nothing about yoga. Oh sure I see folks in the park or going into buildings with their yoga mats slung over their shoulder but, where does it come from? How did it start and is there a difference in yoga styles and teaching? So, I sat down with Mary McCarthy from Yoga by Mary to ask those questions and more. Click thorough and enjoy...I know I learned a bunch.
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.
Today marked the fifth day in a row the markets stumbled and that makes this the worst week for Wall Street so far this year. In other business news on this International Women's Day:
- The Labor Department said the U.S. added only 20,000 jobs in February;
- Cage Free Eggs are coming because you want them but...when?
- Walmart is sending workers bonus checks about $225 per worker;
- Fifteen things invented by women you might not know about;
- What happened on Wall Street and why.
Those stories and we get "weird" on a Friday-Fun-Day with Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine and our friend Parker Reed as we check out Stuff to DO in the DSMUSA Metro this weekend into next week. Do NOT expect anything serious coming out of this conversation. Hey, it's Friday! To hear that wacky stuff click here.
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