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The Business News Headlines 23 April 2019

It's the Tuesday Edition of the Business News Hour and thanks for coming by. Today in the newscast you'll hear about:

• A record day on Wall Street and why;
• A pharma company will pay $20 million;
• Two day Amazon shipping...hold that thought;
• More trouble for Harley Davidson;
• Walgreens and tobacco;
• Google retaliation, say it ain't so;
• What happened and why on Wall Street

In for The Interview is Michael Keever. While I was in New York I passed by a vendor table and there was a copy of TV Guide.  "WHAT? That thing is still around?" Little did I know what changes are coming, and some already here, that will alter how you find what to watch. No, really, this technology is amazing. Michael Keever from NTVB Media for The Interview you can hear....here. 

Fighting Hunger with Another Plate at the Table

We love it when we find passionate people and Debbie Sears is another in a long list of great folks we've met over the years and introduced to you. Debbie has been in the insurance industry for over four decades and when tragedy struck she decided to turn her efforts toward something good and positive. Another Plate at the Table is an event that features some of the most famous names in the culinary world of Des Moines. They are getting together to raise funds for the Food Bank of Iowa. (Here is a link to donate...if you are so moved.) Meet Debbie Sears...you can hear the passion in her voice. 

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 April 2019

It's a big week for earnings reports and we'll detail the data for you. Welcome to the Business News Hour here are the stories that are just a click away:

• It's "wait & see" on Wall Street;
• A sluggish start to the home buying season;
• A Tesla Model S...explodes;
• Apple Pay and JC Penny;
• Two stories about the automobile market
• ACLU of Iowa files suit against Ag-Gag 2.0
• What happened and why on Wall Street

Those stories plus we'll introduce you to Debbie Sears of Sears Insurance but...we're not talking about insurance we're talking hunger in Iowa and the event she "cooked up" that brings some of the top chefs together to raise money for the Food Bank of Iowa. It's called Another Plate at the Table. Learn how she has turned tragedy to action. 

Also, because it's Monday, Laura Kinnard from Drake University and DMBizMixer.com joins me to chat it up about business networking and education events in the DSMUSA Metro. 

Thanks for listening! 

Protecting Pets - Out to Lunch with Haley Anderson

Before we launch into our business lunch we do "Quick Bites" three questions...the same three questions we as each of our "Out to Lunch" guests. We ask about a book, a movie and a job. What book impacted you, what movie impacted you and if you were NOT doing what you are now doing...what would you love to do?  Three questions we call "Quick Bites". Here is Haley Anderson from Iowa Voters for Companion Animals with her answers and they were really...good. 

Each week I go "Out to Lunch" with an interesting person and you get to come along and listen in to our conversation. This week we're at the Range Grill + Golf with Haley Anderson from Iowa Voters for Companion Animals. This is a group that is lobbying for stronger laws to protect pets from cruelty. Cruelty that we've just heard about where a man stabbed his puppy and threw it in a dumpster because he was, "tired of it". Really?  Not only that but Iowa is a leader in what is known as "puppy mills" where bad actors mistreat breeding dogs...Really? Here Haley talks about the legislative effort to secure more protections for family pets. This is not a farm bill this is all about family pets and protection. Come with us as we go Out to Lunch! 

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 19 April 2019

No markets today due to the Good Friday holiday but we've still got some numbers for you. That and a couple of hot business news stories. And, we go Out to Lunch with the Executive Director of Iowa Voters for Companion Animals, Haley Anderson and Jeff Pitts from Cityview with stuff to do...but first the business news:

• Global stocks did what today;
• The Samsung foldable phone...breaking;
• Guns and people - 20 years after Columbine;
• Whitewashing slavery;
• New home construction slips in March.

Those stories and our Quick Bites time with Haley Anderson (Three questions) and Out to Lunch segment with Haley Anderson is right here.

Finally, Jeff Pitts from Cityview with Stuff to DO in the Metro this weekend into next week. You can find that here.

Thanks for listening! 

Housing, Jobs and a Mall

Everybody talks about it. "It" is affordable housing. There is a direct link between communities being able to provide affordable living conditions and economic development. And, there is an impact that affordable housing has on filling jobs. With over 17,000 open positions in the Greater Des Moines Metro it's something that really matters. Affordable housing is on the short list of the goals espoused by the Greater Des Moines Partnership as well as one of the communities in this piece. It's a story I stumbled on early this week and it has to do with the Merle Hay Mall, Anawim Housing and the City of Urbandale.  Let's get started... 

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 18 April 2019

Due to Good Friday today is the final trading day on Wall Street and we've got the numbers and why coming up on this Thursday edition of the Business News Hour:

• Positive earnings push the markets;
• Former Sears CEO is being sued;
• A beer story;
• A "smokes" story;
• Trailer park owners in Iowa about to get sent a notice;
• What happened on Wall Street & Why.

Those stories and a hyper-local piece about affordable housing. This is something we stumbled onto early this week and it has to do with the Merle Hale Mall and that re-imagine effort, Anawim Housing an affordable housing non-profit and the City of Urbandale. 

Thanks for listening.

Jason Feifer 2.0 - Why Business Needs to Think Like an Entrepreneur

On a recent trip to New York to speak to the New York Press Association fellow speaker Jason Feifer the Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine agreed to sit down and do a return visit to the Business News Hour. (We met in Des Moines early this spring so this really is a 2.0 moment) His entire mantra is that business, any business, needs to think like an entrepreneur. What does that mean? I asked...strap in this moves along really...fast! Good times and thanks again Jason.  

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 17 April 2019

It looks like the pressure of Medicare for All is catching on and that had an impact on the markets. Welcome to the Wednesday, April 17th edition of the business news hour.

• The health care insurance scare;
• Banks getting out of the mortgage business;
• Yet another hit on retail and we'll share who;
• Big business giving up on opposing $15 an hour;
• Insurance and Notre Dame....uhm...
• How workplace wellness is working out;
• What happened today on Wall Street.

Those stories plus we bring back Jason Feifer the Editor in Chief for Entrepreneur Magazine back for Jason Feifer 2.0. This time we're talking about how businesses must...MUST start to think like an entrepreneur every single day or... To hear that fast moving conversation click here. 

Thanks for listening!

It's Come To This...YOU Can Help!

There is nothing more motivating than being a person in the thick of the fight for public schools and the opportunity schooling can offer to the future of our community.  Meet Kristyn Arnold the Community and Culture Manager of ANAWIM Housing. She's a former PTA leader in the Des Moines Schools and saw what continued cuts to public education has done to students there. So, she decided to do something...different. Here you will learn about ANAWIM and the DMPS OneRun 2019. And, yes you can help!

To Donate Online: www.dmpsfoundation.org/donate-now

Or Checks can be written to DMPS Foundation, Memo: OneRun and mailed to: 2323 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA 50312

Meet Kristyn.... 

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.