The Opening Bell

On the August 23, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve checked in with the peak of the summer farming by chatting with Purdue University Agriculturalist, David Widmar. David told Steve that their new agriconomie barometer is a major help in analysis, but we might have hit the year’s peak. We then shifted gears to the consumer market as the fight between in person and online shopping continues. Steve invited Charlotte Howard, Consumer Goods & Marketing Correspondent for The Economist, […]

Walking into a meeting these days, you should know a little something about everyone in the room. Now that knowledge can be attained through a simple little app called Charlie App. Steve featured Charlie App on the Allstate CEO Spotlight this week with CEO, Aaron Frazin and Head of Partnership, Jack Sutherland to talk about how this helps overcome the simple everyday hurdle.  

On the August 19th, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, many retail giants released numbers yesterday, which certainly moved markets for the better, and the interest rate debate inched closer to a decision. Paul Nolte of Kingsview Asset Management, talked with Steve about how the Fed is approaching the interest rate change and how different it is today compared to how things were done in the past. Within the retail market conversation Patrick Gorman, Editor of FierceCMO joined Steve to […]

On the August 18, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve motored through the week with car news as car buying among Gen X’ers is on the rise, and they are opting for bigger SUV’s compared to luxury brand vehicles. Omar Odeh, Ford Marketing Brand Manager, joined Steve to talk about the latest. With the weekend coming up quick, movie theaters are gearing up for the latest releases, and the highly anticipated Paramount Picture’s “Ben-Hur”. Dale Buss joined Steve to […]

On the August 17, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, multi billion dollar pet industry is the focus as Steve talked with Veterinary Specialty Center Rehabilitation Director, Lindsey Seilheimer to talk about the new pet athletic center in Buffalo Grove and how much it will help the industry demand. Steve also checked in with Rick Seaney, CEO of Fare Compare, to get us away for the weekend, and you could be in Canada or Miami by Friday evening for much […]

On the August 18, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve talked about the amazing impact that the company Kickstarter has on the economy. Steve chatted with Justin Kazmark of Kickstarter about how much direct impact this has on fueling the economy and creating part-time and full-time jobs. The car company Kia is also making moves in the small SUV realm. James Bell talked with Steve about how Kia’s crossovers are shaking things up.  

After a busy weekend, The August 15, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell kicked off with an Allstate CEO Spotlight featuring Curiosity’s CEO, Gabe Vehovsky. Steve and Gabe chatted about how his children inspired the inception of the app, and what we need to do more of as adults. Steve was also joined by Holden Lewis (Sr. Mortgage Analyst at Bankrate.com) to talk about the right way to shop for houses by comparing mortgage rates (Illinois come in at 23rd […]

On the August 12, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve had our finance Friday guest, Paul Nolte in studio to talk money and markets, and it was quite a day since it was a record closing for markets last night. Steve and Paul also touched on the Fed, the recently release jobs report, and much more. James Sullivan, Associate Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, also joined Steve to touch on a huge issue for the city of Chicago […]

On the August 9, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve talked with TOB regular, Dale Buss about the McDonalds of the future, as it’s fight to stay at the forefront of the restaurant industry continues. Steve also touched on an upcoming event in the science community, put on by Fermi Lab, called “The 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics” with Clara Nellist, a particle physicist and Andre Salles with Fermi Lab. Steve asked the big question, what will […]

Many people has visited it, but few know what happens behind the scenes. Richard Lariviere is the CEO and President of the Field Museum in Chicago, and Richard talked with Steve about how the museum has played a roll in Chicago for such a long time and where he sees the history will be in the future.   [audio http://serve.castfire.com/audio/2920266/2920266_2016-08-08-075606.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3910.m