Episodes

We kick things off today talking about...YOU! You, the consumer that is. The Conference Board released their Consumer Confidence Study and the numbers are pretty amazing. We'll also share why that is so important...and, th...

Welcome to the final day of August and 100 degrees here in Central Iowa. They say it's due to "Corn Sweat" which is the moisture released by acres and acres of corn grown in the Midwest. See what you learn here? And Happy Na...

Since Wednesday we've been expecting this and on Friday morning, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said it out loud, "The time has come...". We're talking about a reduction in the federal prime rate come Sept...

Here are the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 22nd day of August and we kick things off today by focusing on the rail strike in Canada and, yes, it will impact the United States. Meanwhile if you want to reach out to ...

Every so often I'll sit down with a guest and things just click. That's exactly what happened when I met, for the first time, Liz Hatfield a new skills trainer with Tero International . Liz had spent some 35 years as an HR pr...

We kick things off today by taking a second look at how many jobs were created between March of last year and March of this year and the number is...well...stunning,. That plus some "Fed Talk" boosted the markets. For the in...

We're back! We had some "technical issues" late on Monday but all fixed and ready to go. We kick things off today talking about a difference of opinion between the UAW and Stellantis the parent company of Chrysler. And, if ...

And, the good news week continues. Welcome to the Business News Headlines for Friday the 16th day of August and, yes, the Great Iowa State Fair is still going on. If you were with us yesterday you know we shared some good new...

How much good news can you take today...because we have plenty! We kick things off thanking you, the American Consumer, for saving our national economy. No joke! And it only gets better after that. Meanwhile, if you want to...

We told you earlier in the week this was going to be a big week for inflation data and today the Labor Department released it's report about July and that sparked the markets. This is the Business News Headlines for Wednesday...

Today you'll meet Heidi Kroll the founder of Community Hand Up . We met during an event highlighting non-profit organizations and after learning more we invited her to visit with us. Her story is all too familiar. Single mom ...

It's the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 13th day of August and yes, the Great Iowa State Fair is still going on...we have not yet made it however but there are record setting crowds. First up today is yet another st...

Here we visit with filmmaker Susan Wasserman who is in to talk about her new non-political documentary "Kidnapped From Israel" . It's the story about two street artists from Tel Aviv who were in New York City on October 7 of...

Welcome back to a new week and so much going on in the world of the Business News Headlines. We'll get there first but want you to stick around and listen as we visit with filmmaker Susan Wasserman who is in to talk about he...

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 rap...

The latest jobless report is in and Wall Street…celebrated. This is the business news headlines for Thursday the 8th day of August and the first day of the great Iowa State Fair…yes, it’s a plug. Thanks for being with us. And...

Wall Street Faded in the final two hours of trading bringing back the…bears. It’s the business news headlines for Wednesday the 7th of August and thanks for being here. We'll start with that story and share with you what hap...

Yesterday, Monday, it was near 100 degrees in Des Moines, Iowa. Today 75 and we'll take it. Welcome to the Tuesday Edition of the Business News Headlines and just like the reversal in weather Wall Street reversed course and...

We've watched for three trading days and each day has been a major sell-off on Wall Street. What's the cause and what may be the fix? We'll cover that first in this edition of the Business News Headlines for Monday the 5th d...

The end of yet another busy week and a reminder that we're back with Insight on Business the News Hour Week in Review that airs at Noon Central and only on News Talk 1540 KXEL where Iowa comes to talk. Lots to cover in this h...

So much to share with you today and we kick things off with a report on what happened on Wall Street as we watched the major indexes fall off a cliff and why. Plus some news out of Washington, D.C. and a business tax break th...

It's the final day of July 2024 and we've got some of the big business news stories for you on this Wednesday afternoon. Thanks so much for being with us. And today we're going somewhere we don't often go. As you know we d...

Coming up today a couple of stories about technology errors, the market report and how Americans are feeling about the future of the economy. Those stories and more from this the Tuesday Edition of the Business News Headlines...

We're back after being on assignment for the past several days. We were covering the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association annual Summer Board Meeting which took us on quite a journey. About 35 people from around the cou...