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The Business News & More 25 September 2020

Welcome to the Friday Edition of the Business News Headlines and we've got a bunch on tap for you today.  Let's get started:

• An ugly milestone yet the markets roar;
• September is rough for Wall Street, what about October;
• Gold drops;
• A new LinkedIn feature but...be careful;
• Best & Worst cities for Minimum Wage Workers;
• The Wall Street Report;
• The slow down in the labor market is...real.

Those stories PLUS the plight of hospitals, especially rural hospitals. Here Kevin Kincaid the President/CEO of the Knoxville Hospital and Clinics shares where we are and what they hope will happen in the coming weeks. Why it matters? Because the future of many, especially rural hospitals, is on the line. Meet Kevin Kincaid.

Then we'll lighten the mood with Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine and feature "Stuff to DO" in the Greater Des Moines Metro. Here we'll talk about Eat Week going on in West Des Moines. The Nadas and their show. Next month in Cityview it's the "70 Wonders of Des Moines". There is a Wedding Show going on this weekend a big play in Pella and oldtime baseball at Living History Farms.  So much to do...enjoy! 

Thanks for coming by! 

Stuff to DO with Cityview & Jeff Pitts

Pack up all your cares and get into Stuff to DO with Cityview and its managing editor, Jeff Pitts. Here we'll talk about Eat Week going on in West Des Moines. The Nadas and their show. Next month in Cityview it's the "70 Wonders of Des Moines". There is a Wedding Show going on this weekend a big play in Pella and oldtime baseball at Living History Farms.  So much to do...enjoy! 

Thanks for Listening! 

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.

Stuff to DO with Cityview!

It's the weekend and time for Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine to come by and share his top of mind events happening in the greater Des Moines Metro this weekend and into next week.  Today we riff about a host of things from Iowa State Football to "Walk for the Animals" at the Blank Park Zoo to bull riding, Food Truck Thursday, The Sheet and some movies that are on the screen. If you are into serious...well, relax a little.  Why? Because it's the weekend and with everything else...you deserve to have a little fun! Here's Jeff:

Thanks for listening!

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.

 

The Business News Headlines & More 11 September 2020

For many of us waking up this morning our first thought was, "This is 9/11..." And remembering where we were on that awful morning that is seared into our memory. Here are the business news headlines from today:

• Family lifeline...seasonal jobs;
• The New York Times and employees/child care;
• NYSE and taxes...they just want to move;
• Meet the country that wants to pay with scrap iron;
• A bunch of tech IPO's next week;
• The Wall Street Report
• Martha Stewart and a bit of cannabis if you please.

Here's Jeff Pitts the managing editor for Cityview Magazine with his weekly review of Stuff to DO in the Greater Des Moines Metro. Sort of a short list from football to dogs to music to a cancelled event and more.  Click through and have some fun already...you've earned it!

Thanks for listening! 

The Business News & More 4 September 2020

It's the Friday before a long Labor Day holiday weekend. Two words for this weekend..."Stay Safe"!  Here's what we've got for you today and a reminder, follow along, everyday on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour. 

• A troubling new report out of New Jersey;
• Might the wage gap be...narrowing;
• COVID19 Mortgage Bailouts;
• Low interest rates could be with us for a long time;
• The jobs report;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Skill sets are being altered and celebrated;
• More Americans going...hungry.

Those stories PLUS it's Friday and you need a break.  Join me and Jeff Pitts as we riff about a host of things. Jeff is from Cityview Magazine and we just have fun chatting it up about all sorts of things while TRYING to stay on task.  We...fail.

Thanks for listening! 

The Business News Headlines 28 August 2020

Welcome to the Friday Edition of the Business News Headlines and a reminder that we're back on Sunday at Noon with Insight on Business the News Hour - Week in Review only on News/Talk 1540 KXEL.  Here is what we've got for you today:

• Yet another job cut from a major corporation;
• We get to peek at a new Jeep next week;
• Tesla and a 5:1 stock split details;
• Changes in the Dow come Monday;
• MGM Casinos laying off thousands;
• Lord & Taylor is...toast;
• Amazon buying lots of vehicles both electric and conventional;
• The Wall Street Report
• Americans are saving...billions...and how they are doing it.

Usually on Friday we being you "Stuff to DO with Cityview" with Jeff Pitts. A light hearted look at events in the Greater Des Moines Metro. However, Jeff is a bit under the weather so we're skipping this week. It's the first time we've not done that in years.  We wish Jeff a speedy and full recovery.

You can follow us on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour

Thanks for coming by! 

Business News & Stuff to Do 21 August 2020

Hi and welcome back to the business news headlines. We're trying something different today. Along with the business news headlines we're also including Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine and his "Stuff to DO" segment. If you're into just the news that's up first but if you want to stick around for the fun...keep on listening.  Today:

• That $600 a week...did it keep people out of work?
• Unexpected - John Deere on a roll;
• Existing home sales are up...so too the price;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Airbnb says the party is over;
• Jeff Pitts and I riff about "Stuff to DO". Enjoy!

Thanks for listening! 

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 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.

The Business News Headlines & More 7 August 2020

We made it to Friday kids!  Here's the business news headlines we've got ready for you today and some surprising stuff:

• Markets stalled most of the day but the final hour....
• A look inside the recent jobs report that's not so rosy;
• Will the work from home trend continue;
• Commercial Real Estate people hope not;
• Out with urban living...in with the burbs;
• The USPS continues to bleed...badly;
• The Wall Street Report;
• The pandemic has done a number on fashion with the exception of...

Each weekday we bring you the top business news headlines and insights into business with long form business interview. But, all of that ends late on Friday when we get Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine with us to riff about "Stuff to DO" in the Greater Des Moines Metro. Do not expect anything too serious here. But you will hear about events happening like art and entertainment, a Renaissance Fair, music events and some "side conversations" about broadswords and bands.  We've got Zoo Brew and we also touch on RAGBRAI...remember that?  Here we go!  

Thanks for listening! 

The Business News Headlines 5 August 2020

Welcome back to the business news headlines for Wednesday the 5th day of August. Here is what we've got for you today:

• It was all smiles on Wall Street;
• Mortgage rates dive once again but...;
• The Dakota Access Pipeline is a zombie;
• Exxon is having "issues" with reserves;
• Young people and the economy...it ain't pretty;
• Bad news for movie theaters;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Tesla has a new rival and investors dig it.

Thanks for listening! 

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.