Episodes

Welcome to Tax Day 2025 and the business news headlines. Today…we ask the question, “Who’s on First” ? Think the White House. Tax payers are having issues getting help from the IRS. Foreign born students in the US have somet...

So…how are you feeling about the economy? The study says…terrible. Welcome to the business news headlines for Friday the 11th day of April and thanks for being here. In other news, wholesale inflation moderated a bit last mo...

How tariffs manipulate Wall Street. This is the business news headlines for Wednesday the 9th day of April and thanks for being here. In other news a former Facebook executive says her former company is a threat to national...

Ricki King is an exceptional individual. Her work centers on researching and then reporting on underrepresented communities and individuals in Iowa. Over the years she has found some amazing links that still impact us today. ...

Business Leaders and Wall Street have a word for what has been going on…that word is…confusion. This is the business news headlines for Tuesday the 8th day of April, thanks for being here. Time for some history. President T...

Wall Street had another turbulent day…there was even some “fake news” about pausing the tariffs and we’ll share. This is the business news headlines for Monday the 7th day of April, thanks for being here. IN other news, the f...

Day two of the failing stock market and China hits back with their own tariffs against the U.S. This is the business news headlines for Friday the 4th day of April, thanks for being here. Now that the tariffs are in place th...

Each year the Zeta Kappa Lambda (ZKL) Education Foundation holds an elegant black-tie affair, hosted in Des Moines, which celebrates and supports the mission of providing educational opportunities to talented and deserving st...

On Thursday the Dow cratered by over 1,600 points the worst since the days of COVID in 2020. This is the business news headlines for Thursday the 3rd day of April…thanks for being here. In other news, now that tariffs are on...

President Trump calls today "Liberation Day". You, on the other hand might call it "Inflation Day". This is the Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 2nd day of April and thanks for being here. . In other news, Amazon ma...

Employers and Jobs tops our newscast… This is the business news headlines for Tuesday the first day of April and thanks for being here. In other news, Wall Street ended a wild day mixed. The EU says they have lots of cards t...

Liberation Day is nearly here…and what that means. This is the business news headlines for Monday and the final day of March…thanks for being here. In other news, stocks ended the day mixed. Rocket Mortgage acquires another ...

The first story today is about consumer spending and inflation. In other news Wall Street had an awful day and why that happened. The Trump Tariffs will impact everything about owning a vehicle…if you can afford it. We’ve go...

Industries are given the go ahead to pollute…no, really. This is the business news headlines for Thursday the 27th day of March, thanks for being here. In other news, a new study suggests that the states that President Trump...

The drop in US consumer confidence raises eyebrows in…Canada. This is the business news headlines for Wednesday the 26th day of March, thanks for being here. In other news, Dollar Tree off loads The Family Dollar store chai...

Your confidence in the U.S. economy now at its lowest point in…12 years. This is the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 25th day of March…thanks for being here in other news, Tesla sales have dropped like a rock in Euro...

Welcome back to the Business News Headlines and more. Coming up today, after the news a conversation with Jan Norris who, for the past four years, has been battling a proposed carbon pipeline that would run through 700 miles...

We start our Friday newscast with a story about job cuts at the Small Business Administration and we have to wonder, out loud, where all of these government workers are going to go and how these changes will impact the nation...

Welcome to Spring and the Thursday Edition of the Business News Headlines for this the 20th day of March. Thanks for being with us. We kick things off today with a story about Tesla. Things are not going so well there. An...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the Central Bank will keep its interest rate where it is and also talked about a slowing economy. This is the Business News Headlines for Wednesday the 19th day of March and our son, Aaron, is cel...

Here you will meet The Dark Knight. You may know him as Batman and he is the founder of The Iowa League of Heroes . We sat down in a public coffee shop to have this discussion and not a person there knew who I was actually in...

A brand new week and Happy St. Patrick's Day to those of you celebrating. Us? We missed out on the big parade in Des Moines. Yes, we were working on the Business News Headlines for today and we kick things off with a look at ...

Here you will meet H.A. Gross who with his wife, Cindy, own Plaza Printers based in Urbandale, Iowa. This is a story about exceptional customer service and living up to your word. We were in New Orleans for the 40th Annual Co...

We covered the 2025 Annual Trade Show and Conference for the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association that was held in New Orleans. One of the newest Associate Members of the group is Envoy Business Systems a "white glove" c...