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It was a chance meeting in a family owned restaurant that brought Dane' Johnson into our world. It's a testimony to being "in the moment" and listening.  Here you'll meet Dane' an entrepreneur who has an interesting company that works with mid to hig...

It's the early edition of the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 25th of July...thanks for being here. Why early?  Duty calls for two additional meetings this evening.  One of which is something called Nights in the Heights and I get to MC the o...

Welcome back to another week of the Business News Headlines and make sure you click through to listen to a neat story about a special needs, no kill animal shelter. Animal Lifeline of Iowa has been around for nearly 40 years and if you've not heard o...

There are animal shelters and then there are special places such as Animal Lifeline of Iowa.  Celebrating nearly 40 years of serving the Des Moines area and all of Iowa. The organization rescues cats and dogs that are injured, handicapped, have a ser...

It's the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 20th day of July and thanks for being with us. Just a click ahead we'll offer you some of the top business news stories of the day along with the markets and just a bit of commentary. It's what we do ...

Welcome back and yes, we're still dealing with a cold on this end. This is the Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 19th day of July, thanks for being with us. A programing note we're back with the Business Week in Review this Sunday at Noon Cen...

It's the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 18th day of July, thanks for coming by! A quick programing note: We'll be featuring a couple of new interviews this week one is about a metro based no-kill shelter that takes in "special needs" cats an...

A quick programming note: I have the "Mother of All Colds" that I got while in Pennsylvania this past week and our bet is that you can hear it in my voice.  But hang in their with us, it will get  better...we hope. Good to be back in studio after an ...

Welcome back to the Business News Headlines coming to you all week long from Pennsylvania where I've learned so much over the past couple of days about the Old Order Amish, the agriculture community, recycling of farm and construction equipment. We'l...

After a full day of travel, we're back with the business news headlines for Wednesday the 12the day of July. Today we're broadcasting from our mobile studio in Pennsylvania. We're near the community of Lancaster in the middle of Amish country and wha...

Welcome to Monday!  First a programing note: It's a travel day on Tuesday as we're headed to Pennsylvania for an assignment. So, expect us to shoot out some former interviews during the day.  We're hoping we can get to our location and still put out ...

He's back for an update on his "side-hustle" that deals with the business of adult films and actors both past and president. Patrick Palmer sits down to talk about some new adventures he's had, the adult film conventions he's been attending and how h...

For some of us it's the end of another busy week and a reminder that we'll be back this Sunday with the Business Week in Review and only on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. You can catch that show Noon Central Time.  Our guest this week in Patrick Palmer who has...

The eye-popping jobs report from ADP shocked everybody including Wall Street that simply panicked and...why. It's the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 6th day of July, thanks, everybody, for being with us again today.  So, are you on Threads ...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie airs Monday - Friday from 5 to 6PM Central on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. While we have the business news of the day we also interview news-makers and business people to share their information. This podcast carries only the interviews. Today we talked with Creighton Cox the Executive Officer with the Home Builders of Greater Des Moines about the rising costs associated with building materials and the need of more skilled trade workers. The...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is our broadcast about business in the Des Moines Metro. We're live on 1350-KRNT each day, Monday - Friday starting at 5PM for your drive home.or right here on your time. In the first half hour, along with the top business news of the day we visited with the start-up White Willow Events. In studio with us was Kyra Jacobson and Taylor Thompson. From bridal events to bar-mitzvah events they have it covered. Then, following the Wall Street Jou...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. Each day we bring the the Metro the business news of the day along with stock reports, an agricultural report and interviews with business and community leaders. Our published podcasts contain the interviews. On the News Hour broadcast today we had the Superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools, Tom Ahart in to talk about reading and match scores, the graduati...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the business news broadcast for the Des Moines Metro. Today along with the business news (we cut most of the news from this podcast) we bring you interviews with business leaders and news-makers. We start out with Michael Leo the food and beverage man for the Oktoberfest of Des Moines. Michael owns the Strudl Haus. One word from Michael and you'll understand why he was chosen for this role. Then we visit with Dan Nannan from Silverwings Pr...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday live at 5PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines...or right here on your time. Along with the business news of the day we offer interviews with news-makers and business people, telling the back-story of their efforts. We've paired down the podcast to include only the interviews and not the news stories. On this broadcast of the News Hour we visited with Bob Oliver of Bob Oliver Heating and Air Conditioning about marketing, the w...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie airs live Monday - Friday on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines. On this podcast we share the daily interviews we do with news-makers and business people from across the Metro. Today we visited with Jason Olson from Duplication Media of Urbandale. We also spoke with Jon Thompson from Evolve Des Moines about networking and Start-Up Drinks. Later we welcomed Rick Davis to the studio and he had some nice things to say about the News Hour and about dreams. ...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday starting at 5PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. It is the only hour long business news broadcast in the region. We focus on local news and interviews with business news-makers. You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter. Today, along with the local business news we had these interviews: We spoke with Mark Pierce the stadium announcer for the Iowa Cubs and newly tapped arena announcer for the Iowa Wild hockey team. G...

We're Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie heard live each weekday starting at 5PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. After the broadcast we share our business and news-maker interviews with you on this podcast. On this broadcast we heard from Kristian Day a film-maker from Iowa who spent some time sharing the back-story of film making in Iowa, the Templeton Rye film and his latest project opening up the Orpheum Theater in Fairfield. Lot's of fun stuff in this interview. Enjoy! T...

We think we have this figured out! We have been posting the entire News Hour and realize that often the news we are sharing in the Podcast is "yesterday's news" so we've eliminated much of the news content and bring you the interview portions of the broadcast. It takes us awhile... The first interview is with Jonnie Wright from The UnSecret Shopper on the BuyOSphere. He shares some great retail tips for owners and managers on customer service, how to build a great staff and how to make sure the...

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. But we know you want to listen on your time as well...so here you go. Today along with business news from Des Moines, West Des Moines, Urbandale, Ankeny and a host of other Metro Communities we heard from Ben McDougal of Drake Homes about his methods of marketing, what is unique about Drake Homes, what tools he uses and the Des Moines housing trends. In the second half hour Dr. Je...