The Opening Bell

50,000 workers is what nearly every major metropolitan US city was drooling over as Amazon decided where to place it’s HQ2 location. Steve Grzanich talked about those workers with Oren Cass (Sr. Fellow at The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research & Author of “The Once and Future Worker: A Vision For The Renewal of Work in America“) and how those jobs have been taken advantage of in the political arena, but Oren believes that that perspective needs to change if […]

Transit is a tricky thing to improve because efficiency is one of the most important factors. That’s why David Bragdon (Executive Director of TransitCenter.org) believes the bus is still the transportation king. Steve Grzanich and David discussed why the public transit is the best and also where they see the transit technology focusing on in the near future. Oren Cass (Sr. Fellow at The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research & Author of “The Once and Future Worker: A Vision For […]

Convenience with cooking is a tough market to manage, but David Rabie (Founder and CEO of Tovala) is working to emphasize that convenience without cutting back on quality. Steve Grzanich caught up with David as he launched the second generation of the Tovala countertop oven since the last time he was in studio, but he also shared his perspective about Chicago loosing the HQ2 location and having mixed feelings about it. Dr. Jonathon Day (Associate Professor & Director of Graduate […]

On November 19th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: L Brands, Urban Outfitters, JD.com, report earnings today The Housing Market Index is out today along with the E commerce Retail Sales Report

A recent report from Purdue University shared the details around the impact of climate change on not just the our environment, but the way Indiana operates businesses. Steve Grzanich discussed the report with Dr. Jonathon Day (Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Programs in Hospitality and Tourism Management) and touched on how tourism/hospitality could see some of the most significant changes.  

Boeing released more news about the Lion Air crash earlier this week and it not only surprised the pilots and airlines but Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) as well. Steve Grzanich and Brian touched on the latest from the story but also a few consumers stories including a new auction website for cheap first-class seats and the holiday travel season that begins today.  

On November 16th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Industrial Production Report is released today along with the Kansas City Manufacturing Index Chicago Federal Reserve President, Charles Evans, is out speaking today

The formal separation of the British country from the European Union has had a lot more fine print than people thought and the country’s residents are realizing that very late. Steve Grzanich sat down with Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at http://www.kingsview.com) to take look at how this deal is supposed to come to an end soon and if it will impact the markets at all. Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) then rounded out the program […]

The role of Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) is to gauge the market from a CEO’s perspective and both disruption and innovation always come up.  Steve Grzanich and the Associated Bank Thought Leader talked about the way that various markets and (from within the bank) how they are keeping up with the digital changes.  

…real estate! Steve Grzanich continued the Amazon HQ2 discussion with Eric Sedler (Founder and Managing Partner of Kivvit) to talk about the positives that came out of Chicago’s effort to win Amazon’s HQ2. Eric also mentioned that we should be looking forward to the next company that is looking to bring their business to the city, and he thinks we would be ready for it.   http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3567174/3567174_2018-11-15-074514.64kmono.mp3