The Opening Bell

English as a second language can be a huge benefit in the business world, but it’s more than just knowing the words and getting your message across. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) discussed the potential issue that could come with not fully understanding a language and the culture behind it with Guillaume Thierry (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University). Guillaume also explained how learning a language later on in life is simply a myth and its all […]

On July 24th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The House Price Index from the FHFA The Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index is out today 3M, AT&T, Harley Davidson, Jet Blue, Kimberly Clark, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, and Verizon all report earnings today

The answer isn’t as straight forward as you think…Steve Grzanich sat down with Ethan Bernstein (Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard School of Business) to talk about the intention of open office spaces and how they were designed to boost face-to-face collaboration, but employees my not be ready for the new layout. Guillaume Thierry (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University) then explained how unless English is your primary language, it could be hurting your business.  

Colleges have long been stigmatized by environments associated with binge drinking, and there has been a long standing effort to push back against it. Steve Grzanich discussed the new method of behavioral change from Dr. Manoj Sharma (Professor of Behavioral Health at Jackson State University and lead researcher on the American Osteopathic Association Study) by a new model to reduce the binge drinking problem. Dale Buss (Contributor at Forbes, Chief Executive Magazine and Brandchannel) then provided the background behind McDonald’s […]

On July 23rd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The National Association of Realtors releases their existing home sales data for June Earnings from Alphabet and Google will be in the spotlight today with plenty more later this week

Plastic waste around the world has been a major concern to environmentalists and now McDonald’s and Starbucks. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) and Dale Buss (Contributor at Forbes, Chief Executive Magazine and Brandchannel) discussed the news of the two major brands partnering up to offer a one million dollars prize to entrepreneurs who can solve the plastic cup and straw problem.  

On July 20th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: James Bullard is the St. Louis Fed speaker out today Acme Corp, GenTech Corp, Man Power, BF Corp all report earnings today as well Further discussion on Chinese tariffs are expected for a lower open

From a market perspective, all eyes have been locked on the events at and following the Helsinki Summit between President Trump and President Putin, but Paul Nolte  (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) focused on the number of financial stories here in the US like earnings season and the Federal Reserves perspective on the economy. Steve Grzanich and Brian Sumers (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) then brought more money news to the table as flyers will be spending more […]

For a while now Steve Grzanich has checked in with the weekly Associated Bank Thought Leaders about the latest in their industries, and for Chuck Garcia (Director of Commercial Deposits & Treasury Management as Associated Bank), that regularly revolves around technology. Steve and Chuck talked about instant payment tools that are influencing the industry, attracting STEM educated workers, and the finalization of the merger of Bank Mutual.  

Banking and technology is a developing relationship as time goes on, and Chuck Garcia (Director of Commercial Deposits & Treasury Management as Associated Bank), explained how consumers/banks are using instant banking tech on this week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation. Steve Grzanich them touched base with David Hochberg (VP  of Mortgage Lending at PERL Mortgage) to talk about the most misunderstood mortgage tool in the industry (reverse mortgages) and how he is pairing up with Orion Samuelson to sort of […]