Wintrust Business Lunch WGN Radio

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Rivian has announced it is adding 500 jobs to its manufacturing plant in downstate Normal. The announcement coincided with the State of Illinois providing immediate incentives totaling $75 million to Rivian to aid its expansion. The package also includes tax incentives […]

Segment 1: Phillip Shaw, CFP, Senior Advisor, Goldstone Financial Group, tells John about the numbers behind today’s labor report, inflation continuing to be stubborn, how many rate cuts he expects the Fed to make this year, the likelihood we see a recession, and what he’s telling investors right now. Segment 2: Chef Richard Sandoval, Casa Chi, joins John […]

Segment 1: Mark Hamrick, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate.com, joins John to talk about the Fed announcement on interest rates, the continuing effort to fight inflation, and what he’s expecting from tomorrow’s April labor report. Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about World Password Day,  A bipartisan group of senators pushing for restrictions […]

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Chicago’s WCIU-TV will begin operating as an independent station this summer. The station is dropping its CW26 branding and will return to being “The U.” CW programming will return to WGN-TV starting Sept. 1. WCIU says it’ll continue airing local shows […]

Nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Terry Savage joins John to talk about the market showing some weakening, if there is a chance the Fed might actually raise interest rates again, what today’s Fed announcement will mean for the market, her thoughts on J.B. Pritzker’s comments regarding inflation, and everything you should know about buying I bonds […]

Segment 1: Tom Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, joins John to talk about the 3 kinds of toxic employees you never want to be. Segment 2: Dale Buss, Contributing Editor of Chief Executive Magazine and Founder/Executive Director of The Flyover Coalition, joins John to talk about a new Chief Executive survey that ranks the best and worst cities for business. […]