The Business News Headlines 13 August 2026

Today we'll share two tariff related stories but this first one you might want to pay attention to...think refunds. This is The Business News Headlines for Thursday the 13th day of August, thanks for being with us. In other news, the editor of Forbes has been fired…and it’s a big story. The White House says the nation is losing billions of dollars as countries dodge the tariffs. The story is national as license plate reader Flock says it is changing some policies. A massive toy recall happened today and the story behind it. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and Netflix shutters some gaming studios and it was sudden. Thanks for listening! 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.