Episodes

  • Wintrust Business Lunch 11/6/24: Stocks soar, AI interviews, Chicago Boat Show moves to Rosemont

    Wintrust Business Lunch 11/6/24: Stocks soar, AI interviews, Chicago Boat Show moves to Rosemont
    Nov 6 2024
    Segment 1: WGN Business reporter Steve Alexander talks to John about what’s causing the big market rally today. Segment 2: Tim Paradis, Future of Work correspondent, Business Insider, joins John Williams to talk about how AI is impacting the interview process. Segment 3: Brad Stephens, Mayor, Rosemont, joins John Williams to talk about the annual […]
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  • Wintrust Business Lunch 11/5/24: AI hiring, post-election office politics, Chicago home sales slowing

    Wintrust Business Lunch 11/5/24: AI hiring, post-election office politics, Chicago home sales slowing
    Nov 5 2024
    Segment 1: Tom Gimbel, job expert and founder of LaSalle Network, joins John to talk about prevalence of AI in the workplace and how AI is being used in hiring. Segment 2: Philippe Weiss, President, Seyfarth at Work, joins John to talk about how companies can best navigate the workplace away from choppy post-election waters. Segment 3: Dennis Rodkin, residential real […]
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  • Wintrust Business Minute: Chicago hotels may require 1.5% surcharge to fund Choose Chicago

    Wintrust Business Minute: Chicago hotels may require 1.5% surcharge to fund Choose Chicago
    Nov 5 2024
    Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Guests at some Chicago hotels may soon have to pay an additional 1.5% surcharge that would help fund the activities of the city’s promotional arm, Choose Chicago. It would encompass what’s being called a “tourism improvement district” that would include hotels […]
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  • Wintrust Business Lunch 11/4/24: Warren Buffett’s cash, TechNexus expansion, Loop activity rises

    Wintrust Business Lunch 11/4/24: Warren Buffett’s cash, TechNexus expansion, Loop activity rises
    Nov 4 2024
    Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John Williams to talk about how much the market has gone up the last few months, why Warren Buffett is continuing his stock-selling spree, first-time homebuyers shrinking to a historic low, and how much homeowners insurance differs between red and blue states. Segment 2: Jim Dallke, Director […]
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  • Wintrust Business Minute: Chicago-based Pathos AI raises $62 million in funding round

    Wintrust Business Minute: Chicago-based Pathos AI raises $62 million in funding round
    Nov 4 2024
    Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. A Chicago-based biotech startup has had one of the largest funding rounds for a local company so far this year. Pathos AI raised $62 million in a Series C round. The cash haul brings its valuation to $600 million. Pathos AI […]
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  • Wintrust Business Lunch 11/1/24: Hiring slowdown, Fenceworks, Michael’s Grill and Salad Bar

    Wintrust Business Lunch 11/1/24: Hiring slowdown, Fenceworks, Michael’s Grill and Salad Bar
    Nov 1 2024
    Segment 1: Jane Oates, Senior Policy Advisor and recent President, WorkingNation, talks to John Williams to break down the disappointing labor report, how sensitive the labor market is to economic uncertainties, the markets being disassociated with the data, and if this jobs number will impact Fed policy, Segment 2: Jake Stotter, Vice President, Fenceworks, tells John about their […]
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  • Wintrust Business Minute: UChicago Medicine to build cancer hospital with AbbVie donation

    Wintrust Business Minute: UChicago Medicine to build cancer hospital with AbbVie donation
    Oct 31 2024
    Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. A $75 million donation from the AbbVie Foundation will help University of Chicago Medicine build its new cancer hospital on Chicago’s south side. The new building will be called the AbbVie Foundation Center Cancer Pavilion and has a completion date in […]
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  • Wintrust Business Lunch 10/31/24: Microsoft earnings, economic impact of tariffs, McDonald’s in Monee

    Wintrust Business Lunch 10/31/24: Microsoft earnings, economic impact of tariffs, McDonald’s in Monee
    Oct 31 2024
    Segment 1: Darren Freihage, McDonald’s Owner Operator in Monee, joins John Williams to talk about how long he has been a McDonald’s Owner Operator, being a third generation McDonald’s worker, how business has been going, the McDonald’s brand being good to their family, some of the new products currently being offered, the addition of Krispy […]
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