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Where do you fit in in the economic class in America? It's a complicated question. We're with the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) here in Des Moines, Iowa. Today we'll tell you about the market value of Amazon, a pile of money and what they are going to do with it over at Berkshire-Hathaway, Google is fined $5 billion...no, really...and what town in the United States is more likely to lose employees due to low wages and benefits? Ouch. Those stories and Doug Minter from Knoxville, TN on equality in business, and start up ShopWhereILive with Cherie Edilson. Click through for more.
This week we're broadcasting from the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) annual gathering this year in Des Moines. Earlier today Doug Minter the Director of Small Business Development at the Knoxville Chamber took part in an amazing seminar on economic justice and opportunity. We asked him to join us and what he had to say makes an impact. Meet Doug Minter.
Their tag line is "Where Main Street Meets the Internet". Meet Cherie Edilson the co-founder of ShopWhereILive a market place for businesses in neighborhoods, cities, towns and chambers. Imagine a way for your local small business to have a way to reach internet customers...everywhere. Let's do it...meet Cherie!
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 4:30pm here on 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.
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