Iowa Business Report

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition Feb. 06, 2023       Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on governmental jobless rate goals, and the resurgence of bitcoin. 

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report:  The goal of the newly-formed Iowa Real Estate Developers Association is to ensure policies at the state and local level create a positive environment for economic investment. We hear from the group's chairman, Joe Mitchell. Prioritizing rural broadband investment in Iowa.   And in this week's "Business Profile", we'll introduce...

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition Feb. 03, 2023      Kayla Becker, "The Success Coach," talks about her work helping individuals reach their fullest potential personally and professionally--since the two are intertwined. 

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition Feb. 02, 2023      Matthew Pohl of The ReWild Group, which studies business growth patterns, says the number of employees is key in determining stages of a business' life. 

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition Feb. 01, 2023     Phil Kerpen of American Commitment says raising the national debt limit without making spending cuts would be bad for U.S. taxpayers. 

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition Jan. 31, 2023     Financial journalist Jordan Goodman predicts the Fed will raise interest rates again this week--but not by as much as in the past year. 

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.    In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Chad Tentinger, primary developer of the Cattlemen's Heritage Beef Company, which is scheduled to break ground on a Mills County facility this spring. He spoke with Jeff Stein for Iowa Business Repo...

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition Jan. 30, 2023     Terry Branstad, named last week as president of the World Food Prize Foundation, on the group's education efforts to raise awareness of the role Iowa plays in food production. 

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report:  Businesses grow and develop in a series of stages based on employee size; determining how to map that and what adjustments to make is among services provided by The ReWild Group through a process called "Organizational ReWilding". (More at rewildgroup.com/tim) Your business needs to use social media...and it needs to use it correctly. Josh Sc...

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition Jan. 27, 2023    Chad Tentinger, principal developer of the planned Cattlemen's Heritage Beef Company facility in Mills County, which is scheduled to break ground this year. 

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition Jan. 26, 2023    Benji Nichols--who along with his wife, Aryn Henning Nichols, operates Inspire(d) Media--talks about the Decorah-based entity's purpose. 

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition Jan. 25, 2023    Dustin Miller of the Iowa Chamber Alliance with results from their annual Iowa Talent Poll, which was released last week. 

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition Jan. 24, 2023   Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds discusses Iowa energy policy and financial support given by governments to fledgling energy forms. 

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition Jan. 23, 2023   Financial journalist Jordan Goodman discusses reasons why the U.S. housing market has cooled so quickly. 

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.    In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Ryan Avila-Burillo, co-owner with Joe Avila-Burillo, of Chophouse Downtown, a Cedar Rapids restaurant. He spoke with Jeff Stein for Iowa Business Report program number 23-03 in Cedar Rapids January 12, 2...

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.    In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Aryn Henning Nichols and Benji Nichols of Inspire(d), an independent media company based in Decorah, creating hyper-local positive news in print and online, including Insprire(d) magazine. They spoke wit...

Data from the second annual Iowa Talent Poll was released on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. The poll is conducted for the Iowa Chamber Alliance, which seeks to find out what working age Iowans find attractive about living here, in an effort to attract new people to add to our labor pool. Dustin Miller is executive director of the Iowa Chamber Alliance, and spoke with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business...

It’s called Foundry 4.0—a partnership between the Defense Logistics Agency and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, and the University of Northern Iowa and Youngstown State University. The idea is to provide American-based foundries with a competitive edge in technology while optimizing productivity, output, and product quality. In December 2022, two members of the NCDMM te...

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report:  Results of the second annual Iowa Talent Poll were released this past Wednesday, to help show what working age Iowans find attractive about living here, in an effort to attract new people to add to our labor pool. Dustin Miller, executive director of the Iowa Chamber Alliance, shares information from this year's survey. Supply chain issues have af...

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition Jan. 20, 2023  Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA02) discusses the prospects of Congress raising the debt ceiling in the near future. 

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition Jan. 19, 2023        Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig on challenges producers are facing that have a direct impact on Iowa's economy. 

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition Jan. 18, 2023       Ryan Avila-Burillo, co-owner of the Chophouse Downtown restaurant in Cedar Rapids, talks about what sets his business apart from others. 

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition Jan. 17, 2023       Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on the dangers of the U.S. defaulting on the national debt. 

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition Jan. 16, 2023       Brian Schmidt of the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, talks about the national Foundry 4.0 project, which includes the University of Northern Iowa. 

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report:  Foundry 4.0 is a partnership between the Defense Logistics Agency and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), and the University of Northern Iowa and  Youngstown State University. The idea is to provide American-based foundries with a competitive edge in technology while optimizing productivity, output, and product quality....