Wintrust Business Lunch WGN Radio

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Chicago based U.S. Cellular is selling its wireless operation and certain spectrum assets to T-Mobile for $4.4 billion. In addition to wireless operations, T-Mobile will get about 30% of U.S. Cellular’s spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. U.S. Cellular is one […]

Segment 1: Tom Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, joins Jon Hansen to talk about how meditation can help you be a stronger business leader, and how employees can talk about mental health with managers and ways managers can create a mentally healthy workplace. Segment 2: Jim Dallke, National Editor, American Inno, talks to Jon about […]

Segment 1: Jared Dillian, author of “No Worries, How to live a Stress-Free Financial Life” joins John to talk about why be believes that people should have 20 percent of their portfolio saved into gold. Segment 2: Jeff Kroeger, President of Insureon, the nation’s largest digital agency for small business insurance, joins John to discuss […]

Dave Schwan has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. A survey by GasBuddy shows 76% of Americans will be on the road this weekend, an increase of 18% from last year.  AAA expects 44 million Americans to travel more than 50 miles from home. It’s estimated more people will be […]

Segment 1: Donna Biernadski, VP of Brand at Double Good, joins John to talk about how the company started selling retail popcorn at Navy Pier, when they moved away from retail to start the fundraising aspect of the business, how they help groups raise money for various causes, the mission of Double Good, and their […]

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Chicago-based snack maker Mondelez International has been fined $366 million by the European Union for anti-competitive behavior involving cross-border sales of chocolate, cookies and coffee. Mondelez makes Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, Wheat Thins, Ritz Crackers, Triscuits and Toblerone. It was […]