Insight on Business

Hell No to Postal Privatizing with Herb Copley

Recently postal workers and friends banded together to hold a rally in my hometown of Windsor Heights, Iowa. Well over 200 people came together to say "Hell no to taking the United States Postal Service private!" They lined Hwy. 6 or Hickman Road holding signs and hearing so many vehicles honk in solidarity. Yes, there were speakers and one was Herb Copley the President of the Iowa State Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO. I sat down with Herb who had some interesting things to say about the "service of postal workers".  He also blew away the myth that the USPS receives taxpayer support.  It does not.  Meet Herb Copley:

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

ICON is Economic Development with Stephanie Oppel

Today you'll learn more about the ICON Water Trails project that will be a huge economic driver for Central Iowa.  Here we talk about the ten years ICON has been around, what they have accomplished and what FUN things are slated to become real in 2025 and 2026. Plus how local communities in the Greater Des Moines Metro are helping support the effort and enhance their own waterways.  My guest is Stephanie Oppel the leader of the ICON Water Trails a non-profit that is harnessing the rivers and streams of Central Iowa in what is a major economic development push.  Enjoy...we did!

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The Business News Headlines and ICON 27 February 2025

While not in the newscast this evening you need to know that the Iowa Legislature has voted to strip a protected class of individuals from the states Civil Rights Law...the only state in the nation to do so...and their target?  People who are trans or non-binary.  And the business community?  Silent. Yes, there will be business consequences here but nobody seems to care. On that happy note, let's get started and should you wish to to follow us on social media you can find us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Facebook? Sure were there too.  And our website is just a click away where you can scroll through all of our newscasts. Here's what we've got for you today: 

• Tough Tariff Talk Tanks Wall Street;
• The agency that protects consumers...done;
• How about a "Golden Visa"? No not a credit card;
• Heard about the economic boycott that takes place on Friday?
• The Wall Street Report;
• And more people filed for unemployment last week.

For the conversation you'll hear from Stephanie Oppel the leader of the ICON Water Trails a non-profit that is harnessing the rivers and streams of Central Iowa in what is a major economic development push.  Some fun things are coming yet this year and we'll talk about it all.  Enjoy, we sure did!

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Mixing Business and Faith with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson

First of all, Happy New Year!  Let us hope for a healthy 2025 and success in our personal and business lives.  Today you will meet Rabbi Yossi Jacobson who, thirty years ago, was sent from Brooklyn to Iowa.  How that happened, what business he started, a bit about Chanukah and those 613 Commandments are all in this conversation.  His business Maccabee's Glatt Kosher Deli is the only one of its kind in the State of Iowa.  How did Yossi get here from Brooklyn, why a deli, how it got its name and more.  Oh, Happy Chanukah as well.

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The Business News Headlines and More 21 November 2024

U.S. regulators want Google to devest of…chrome.  This is the business news headlines for Thursday the 21^st day of November, thanks for being here. That story kicks us off today and stick around for what is a hyper-local story about West Gate-Adephic Lodge #509 AF & M a Masonic Lodge in Windsor Heights, Iowa that puts on a fund raising breakfast the third Saturday of each month. Why? to raise funds for smaller non-profits in the Greater Des Moines Metro. My guest is member Steve Blondino. We're airing this in the hope you might take the idea and run with in in your community. (Photo from a fund raising event and feeding the kids.)  Also,  if you want to reach out to us on social media you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Facebook? Sure were there too.  Here's what we've got for you today:

• Google and the Justice Department;
• Two big movies are released this weekend;
• Could we get "Glicked"?
• Phillips 66 is in some hot water over...water;
• A legal decision about the Penn State logo;
• A nugget we found about TGI Friday's is of interest;
• The Wall Street Report;
• The price of your Thanksgiving Dinner for ten.

Stay with us for a conversation about doing good for others. My guest is Steve Blondino and it's all about food, friends, finance and giving.  We're airing this hyper local story in the hope that you'll be motivated to do something similar in your community.

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Tiny Houses an Answer to a Housing Shortage? Maybe

Sitting down with Mike Stuart from Tiny Homes of Iowa was an adventure in how various communities in Iowa and beyond deal with housing issues.  Mike has been involved in creating homes with storage containers but that crumbled due to the cost of transporting them to the Midwest. Now he is building "tiny homes"  that average between 500 and 900 square feet.  The building of the home isn't the issue; getting permission from city governments...is. Here we talk about how Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City lead the way but more work needs to be done. The popularity of tiny homes has caught the interest of AARP as well as the Polk County Housing Trust Fund.  Meet Mike Stuart: 

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The Silverstar Car Wash Story with Trenton Dierkes

"At the car wash
Workin' at the car wash, girl
Come on and sing it with me
(Car wash)
Sing it with the feelin' y'all
(Car wash, yeah)"

Sorry, we couldn't help that hat-tip to Rose Royce and their iconic song released way back in 1976.  Here you are about to meet Trenton Dierkes the Marketing Manager for Silverstar Car Washes based in Sioux City, Iowa and rapidly gaining traction in many parts of the Midwest. Silverstar will soon have three locations in the Greater Des Moines Metro and we caught up with Trenton during a ribbon cutting in Windsor Heights.  Yes, we know, it's a hyper-local news story but hey...we can bring you the national news and, every once in a while, something like this.  Enjoy!

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The Business News Headlines and a Car Wash Story 8 August 2024

The latest jobless report is in and Wall Street…celebrated. This is the business news headlines for Thursday the 8^th day of August and the first day of the great Iowa State Fair…yes, it’s a plug. Thanks for being with us. And, stick around for a brief conversation about an economic development win for the community of Windsor Heights, Iowa. A town of 5,200 folks in the middle of the Greater Des Moines Metro. My guest is Trenton Dukeus the marketing manager for Silverstar Car Washes.  Hey, we bring you the national and the hyper local news. Meanwhile, If you want to reach out to us on social media you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Facebook? Sure were there too.  Here's what we've got for you today:

• The new jobless report is in and it caused a celebration;
• Some excellent news for perspective home buyers;
• That multi-million HBUC donation?  Gone;
• Don't eat the meat...another listeria death reported;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Americans and Credit Card...Debt.  Yes, it's high!

For the conversation you'll meet Trenton Dukeus who was in the Metro for the ribbon cutting of a new car wash...hey we get excited about all kinds of businesses. Check out Silverstar Car Washes here.  Let's go!

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Reflections on DMDC2024

We spent a fast paced 55 hours on the ground in Washington, D.C. for the 45th Annual Des Moines to D.C. (DMDC) trip by the Greater Des Moines Partnership. This is where elected officials, community groups and business leaders used the time to not only network among themselves but also lobby our federal legislators about some key projects from airports to a new interstate to fixing roads and bridges. The reaction from those involved? Here you will learn more from Tiffany Tauscheck, President/CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Mark Snell, Chair of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, Joseph Jones, Chief of Staff for Des Moines University and Ro Crosbie, President/CEO of Tero International. So many good things happening and we thought you should know more. 

And, thanks for being here!

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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

The Business News Headlines and DMDC Reactions 13 May 2024

It's been a "recovery weekend" after getting back to the Greater Des Moines Metro following 55 hours on the ground in Washington, D.C. with over 200 leaders from Central Iowa. It was another remarkable trip and if you click ahead you'll be able to hear the reactions of a handful of people who took the time to offer their thoughts about DMDC-2024. Meanwhile if you want to reach out to us on Social Media you can hook up with us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Facebook? Sure were there too.  Here's what we've got for you today:

• Look out the Seagull is on the way;
• Great Britain turns the corner on its recession;
• Airlines say new transparency rules will be too confusing;
• The high cost of chocolate may be on the way down and why;
• More confusing Tesla labor news;
• The Wall Street Report;
• Credit card companies, "junk fees" and a court decision.

For the interview you'll hear from four people about their reaction to DMDC-2024. We'll have Tiffany Tauscheck, President/CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Mark Snell, Chair of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, Joseph Jones, Chief of Staff for Des Moines University and Ro Crosbie, President/CEO of Tero International. So many good things happening and we thought you should know about them. To listen click our player below.

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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 Central 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...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.