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The Air Guitar World with The Flying Finn

Over the years we've interviewed thousands of people from entrepreneurs and their startups to political folks and seasoned business people. This conversation is a...first. Here you will meet an international star from the world of air guitar competition. You read that correctly. Andrew Finn is "The Flying Finn".  Andrew has been performing for 16 years and recently on the international stage in (of course) Finland! And, in case you think this is a "one off", ESPN is slated to showcase the world of air guitar competition this summer. Here is a link to a video from his competition in Finland.  I sat down with Andrew to learn more and it's quite the story.

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 7 May 2021

Just before we get hyper-local and spend some time with Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine let's take a look at some of the top business news headlines from today:

• The jobs report was...shocking;
• The "We Build the Wall" guy is in the news;
• Pfizer CEO not happy with Biden;
• Jared Kushner and some legal issues;
• Melinda, Bill and Jeffery...it's a story;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Stuff you are buying as you consider office life.

Those stories plus we're in for some fun with Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine as we chat it up about "Stuff to DO" in the greater Des Moines Metro. As usual Jeff does not disappoint.  On tap today:

• Mother's Day (do NOT forget);
• The Iowa Cubs;
• The Iowa Wild (two games!);
• The Pella Adventure;
• Farmer's Market Talk;
• At Wooly's it's George Ducas!
• The Race Against Hunger in Norwalk;
• The Renaissance Fair at Sleepy Hollow;
• How many miles of bike trails?
• TED Talks coming to DSM;
• The AVID Speaker Series;
• What is going on at Smash Park?

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 5 May 2021

Yesterday it was "May the Fourth be with you" and today it's happy Cinco de Mayo...which is not Mexican Independence day...you knew that...right?  Here's what we've got for you today:

• The Peloton Recall explained;
• GM has big plans for this decade;
• Biden, Climate and Business;
• Facebook and former President Trump;
• J.C. Penny cuts more employees;
• The jobs report and the T-Bill...confusing;
• Jessica Alba has a hot day;
• The Wall Street Report;
• And...not enough babies you guys.

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 26 April 2021

And, yes, we hope you had a great weekend. Here in the Midwest we're seeing temperatures that are hitting 80 degrees...and last week it...snowed. Here's what we've got for you today from the business world:

• The U.S. is in trouble and why;
• The Dow struggled all day;
• Apple announces a major U.S. investment;
• The Supreme Court and guns;
• Jessica Alba and Honest going public;
• Tesla beat sales again but, there is a but;
• Lyft has sold its self driving care division;
• The Oscars audience numbers and yikes!
• The Wall Street Report;
• Employers demanding vaccine proof.

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 & More 23 April 2021

The fear of higher capital gains was put in the rearview mirror today as investors came back to the buy.  A reminder that you can follow us on Twitter all day and night @IOB_NewsHour.  Let's go!

• GM, Unions & Mexico...it's a story;
• Bitcoin continues to tumble;
• How do folks get a credit score of 800+?
• A big change coming to Walmart and why;
• Prices are going up and we've got the top 5;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Work from home and productivity.

And it's Friday the day where we chuck the heavy business news and spend some time riffing about "Stuff to DO" in the Greater Des Moines Metro this weekend into next week.  Plus you can always count on the "side-chatter" that keeps you entertained and, maybe, thinking. Here's Jeff Pitts the managing editor for Cityview and his list!

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 19 April 2021

Welcome back to the Monday Edition of the Business News Headlines and thanks for being here. On Wall Street the week started out reversing the upward trends we saw last Friday...more on that in just a moment. Here's what we've got today:

• A fatal crash has investigators checking Tesla;
• GameStop is back in the news;
• United Airlines is still losing money;
• Janet Yellen gets some flack for an appointment;
• Bitcoin tried to rally today but...
• The oil story from one year ago;
• Peloton and the Tread+...is it safe?
• The Wall Street Report;
• The pandemic and work from home injuries.

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 & More 16 April 2021

It's the end of the week and many are saying...not soon enough. Today we've got some of the biggest business news headlines and, because it's Friday, Jeff Pitts from Cityview is in to chat it up about Stuff to DO in the Greater Des Moines Metro this weekend into next week.  But first, this is what we've got for you today:

• More troubles with the Boeing 737 Max;
• Supply chain troubles with backed up ships;
• The U.S. economy? "Ready to rip!";
• GM, LG and Batteries;
• Checking CEO Pay...are they worth it?
• The Wall Street Report;
• Good News/Bad News on the U.S. pandemic front.

As the weekend gets closer we spend some time talking about "Stuff to DO" in the Greater Des Moines Metro with Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine. As always he's got a list and some comments.  It's all in fun so let's see what he's got:

• Monster Trucks;
• The Drake Observatory;
• The Velveteen Rabbit at DM Playhouse;
• The Book Festival with Taylor Jenkins Reid;
• Get Stuff at the Adel Citywide Garage Sale;
• Get Cold in Indianola - Polar Plunge;
• Patriots Day is Monday;
• Administrative Professionals Day is Wednesday;
• Smash Park and Disney;
• "She Kills Monsters";
• Drake Relays on Thursday.

Thanks for listening!

Business News Headlines and Friday Fun 9 April 2021

Welcome to the Friday Edition of the Business News Headlines...we made it to the weekend kids.  Just ahead we've got these stories for you and then we get hyper local with Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine as we chat it up about Stuff to DO in the Greater Des Moines Metro.  But first:

• The Boeing 737 Max and problems...again;
• The CEO that makes over 1,000 times that of his employees;
• McDonalds leaving Walmart;
• Work at Chipotle and get an education...for free;
• An inflation story that hits producers first;
• The Wall Street Report;
• LinkedIn says, "Hey not to worry about that data.

At the start of every weekend we get hyper-local with Jeff Pitts the managing editor of Cityview Magazine and chat it up about Stuff to Do in the Greater Des Moines Metro this weekend into next week.  Here's what we've got for you this week:

• Baseball talk about the Iowa Cubs;
• Some Enchanted Evening at the DSM Playhouse;
• The very cool Drake Observatory event;
• The Des Moines Book Festival;
• Music at the Winery in Winterset;
• Bucs Hockey!
• 90's Hip Hop Trivia at Smash Park;
• Iowa Wild Hockey;
• The AVID Author Series;

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 & More 7 April 2021

Mid-Week and thanks for being here. Today was one of those odd days on Wall Street and we'll share details plus for the interview a massive transformation of a shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa caught our attention.  But first, the news:

• Stop working and go for a walk...no, really;
• Amazon does not want to talk about this;
• The My Pillow guy is getting hit again;
• He said "tax breaks have got to go". Stunning;
• T-Mobile has a new promotion and it's big;
• Janet Yellen and more tax news;
• The Wall Street Report;
• It seems Ketchup just can't...catch up.

If you've spent any time listening to our daily newscast you know that we've reported many times about the hollowing out of our nation's shopping malls. As ecommerce shook the bones of retail we watched as department stores, often shopping mall anchors, entering bankruptcy and leaving gaping holes. Then COVID19 came and, for many, finished the job. Some malls have sold out to Amazon to be used as fulfillment centers. Other mall owners are working new tenet arrangements hoping to salvage their business. Some mall owners are totally reimagining their centers and changing everything. Meet Liz Holland the CEO of Merle Hay Investors and the remarkable story behind their goal to totally restructure their business. It's a stunning departure and, perhaps, one of the first in the nation as the Merle Hay Mall becomes..."Hockey Town".

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 6 April 2021

We had to make some programming changes today because our guest, Lorie Vincent and Stand Up Rural America is running up on a deadline.  Check that conversation below. In the news today:

• Included in the Facebook breach?
• Here is the link to find out in 10 seconds;
• The Global Minimum Tax is....
• Best job listing tip we've seen;
• Kimball Musk sells Tesla stock and it means...
• The Wall Street Report;
• Anxiety issues about returning to the office.

What does Rural America want...and need?  Meet Lorie Vincent the principal at Acceleration by Design based in Austin, Texas. Here we talk about the second Stand Up Rural America which will take place April 27 - 29 in Charleston, West Virginia. So, what is it? Why does it matter? Who will learn and why it's important that you show up and steal as many ideas as possible. Registration is going on right now. Meet Lorie Vincent: 

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.