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The Business News Headlines 2 June 2023

Getting closer to the weekend. Happy Friday to you as the Business News Headlines comes to you from the second largest city in Nevada, Henderson. We're here for the Used Parts Network event. In the photo some friends (Dave and Mike in rose colored glasses.) gathering poolside this week. Great to have you with us again today. Just a click away some of the big business news headlines of the day plus a wild day on Wall Street. Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:   

• The shocking jobs report for May...yikes;
• The markets surged due to two big issues;
• Commercial delinquencies are up and why;
• Netflix shareholders rebel and why;
• Ah, the VW Bus...coming back but different;
• The judge in the Disney vs. DeSantis case leaves;
• World food prices actually fell in May;
• The Wall Street Report;
• And, "Metamates" to return to the office.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 30 May 2023

Greetings and welcome back to the Business News Headlines. If you were off over the past
weekend we hope it was meaningful and provided you with some rest and relaxation. Us? We're on assignment this week in "hot" Henderson, Nevada but grateful to have made it here and be with you.  Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:   

• Winners in the Debt Ceiling Deal?
• Nothing new...we were here in 2011;
• The new fashion trend for...Swifties is...
• What Britain may do about inflation;
• Cracker Barrel closing some stores;
• Walmart anti-theft programs are too harsh?
• Oh how we must love tax cheats;
• The Wall Street Report;
• How WFH is impacting the suburbs.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 13 April 2023

Only one more day until the weekend. Or for some, three working days until Monday. Welcome to the Thursday Edition of the Business News Headlines for the 13th of April. Glad you are here spending some time with us.  Just ahead some dramatic inflation news that moved the markets and finally a "non-woke" beer is brewing.  Not making that up.  Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• China re-opening is great for luxury items;
• Word on the sale of an NFL franchise;
• Good news for perspective home buyers;
• Wholesale inflation drops and what that means for you;
• Warehouse injuries and Amazon made the news;
• Do 728 billionaires own more wealth than 50% of US households?
• A new "Non-Woke" beer is brewing...can't make this up;
• The Wall Street Report;
• The NBA says it needs to "cut costs" and how they are doing it.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 3 April 2023

Hey, welcome to a brand new month and the second quarter of the year. Grateful, as always, that you are spending some time with us. In the news today even more confusion over at Twitter and we'll share what that story is about.  Wall Street ended the day mixed and what about OPEC and oil?  Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• You are verified, no you are not, yes you are...
• Folks must love fighting says Vince;
• Oil production cuts and what that means;
• Announcing corporate layoffs?  Just close the HQ;
• Firearms from background checks to sales;
• Some new manufacturing data to share with you;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Top cities in the U.S. for jobs...this may surprise you.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 27 March 2023

Welcome to the Monday Edition of the Business News Headlines!  We're grateful that you're spending some time with us.  Coming up today we kick things off with a tipping story and how you are spending more in more places in more ways.  Also, make sure you click ahead and give a listen to our conversation about advertising and marketing with  Jeff Pfeifer of TractorHouse.com. Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• Tipping or having you pay worker wages;
• The settlement comes to $240,000 and why;
• Disney begins laying off workers...how many?
• The economics of...Food Stamps or SNAP funds;
• This recreation vehicle maker just bought a battery plant;
• Farmers to get more federal assistance;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Got a "side hustle"?  Nearly half of you do.

For the interview you'll meet Jeff Pfeifer of TractorHouse.com.  We hooked up during a recent trip to Nashville for the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association and talked advertising, marketing, niche publications, media choices, website and more.  No matter what industry you are in this is a conversation that should interest you.  To listen, click our Media Player below. 

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 23 March 2023

Welcome to the Thursday Edition of the Business News Headlines. We got so wrapped up in a meeting today about launching a brand new podcast, for a totally different genre, that we didn't even have time to post some Throwback Thursday images....drat so the attached image will have to work...this is going back to 2014. (Holding a Third Place Ribbon in the Cow Chip Throwing Contest at the Iowa State Fair. Proof that I've been flinging this stuff for years.) However, we did make it into the studio to write and produce this segment. Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• The Fed does not set credit card interest rates...but;
• The TikToc CEO has a rough day in D.C.;
• Ford has said it's lost billions in chasing EV production;
• So what is the company going to do about that?
• Say goodbye to yet another iconic muscle car;
• A deep dive into old bourbon we found interesting;
• What? No more Skittles or Sour Patch Kids????
• The Wall Street Report
• Wage gains for low wage workers and those who would be...kings.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 22 March 2023

It wasn't so much that the Central Bank raised overnight rates by a quarter of a point...what really rattled things is the rest of the story.   Welcome to the Wednesday Edition of the Business News Headlines, glad you decided to spend some time with us again today.  Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• The Fed isn't done and that rattled things;
• More layoff news to report to you;
• So it wasn't about politics after all...
• How about some "lab grown" chicken?
• Over 1,400 stores to close and we have a list;
• TikToc comes out swinging ahead of a congressional hearing;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Yet another troubled bank in...California.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 20 March 2023

Welcome back and to the First Day of Spring where here in Des Moines, Iowa it actually reached 60 degrees.  Yes!  Meanwhile in the business news headlines there was no shortage of bank news again today as we've been going at this for days. Meanwhile it looks like the Central Bank will bump interest rates another .25% this week. Hang on... Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• Why? Getting laid off by text or email;
• Another round of layoffs at Amazon;
• Goodbye Howard and hello Laxman;
• We're checking on the price of a Big Mac;
• Plenty of banking news to share;
• Dollar General about to impress consumers;
• The Wall Street Report;
• What we really need is more...happiness.

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 16 March 2023

It looks as if the banking crisis that rattled investors to depositors to a number of nations may be in the rearview mirror as help is coming from not only the FDIC but also some major banks. All of that had an impact on Wall Street and we'll share that story first. Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• How concerns about a financial meltdown were tamed;
• Mortgage rates dropped but there is a but...
• Ukraine news...think fighter jets;
• The UK to ban TikTok on government devices;
• The US has new TikTok demands;
• Insulin news as the last of the holdouts comes online;
• Two pieces of economic data to share with you;
• Could an interest rate CUT of 1% be coming?
• Speaking of cuts, the Netflix price cut might increase revenue;
• Might you get some cash from IKEA?
• The Wall Street Report;
• The top college for college bound students is...

Thanks for listening!

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on 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 15 March 2023

Midweek and the Business World is still stuck on worries about bank failures and now a new player has emerged as one of Europe's largest lenders is signaling trouble.  We've got a story about "surge pricing" and what that is along with some Mint Mobile news. Also, remember that you can hook up with us all day on Twitter @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram.  Here's what we've got for you today:  

• What to make about banking issues in Europe;
• That bit of news roiled the US Markets;
• Retail sales numbers came out today;
• Some odd news from Kellogg's;
• What "surge pricing" is and might it hit retail?
• Two chicken processing facilities are closing and why;
• Bird flu in...Iowa? Say it ain't so.
• Need some help with your rent? We have a story;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Ryan Reynolds, Mint Mobile and T-Mobile...a match!

Thanks for listening!

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