Wintrust Business Lunch 3/7/24: Fed rate cuts, Elon Musk suing Open AI, Windy City Sweets at the Oscars

Segment 1: Phillip Shaw, CFP, Senior Advisor, Goldstone Financial Group, tells John his thoughts on when the Fed might cut interest rates, why the Fed is happy to keep interest rates where they are at right now, and the impact of higher interest rates on the economy. Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about a gormer […]

Segment 1: Phillip Shaw, CFP, Senior Advisor, Goldstone Financial Group, tells John his thoughts on when the Fed might cut interest rates, why the Fed is happy to keep interest rates where they are at right now, and the impact of higher interest rates on the economy.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about a gormer software engineer at Google being charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, Elon Musk suing Open AI, and EU regulators saying they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store.

Segment 3: John Manchester, CEO and Owner, Windy City Sweets, talks to John about their business, how they set themselves apart from other candy companies, what makes their treats special, how business has been going, and how they ended up having a collection of their sweets in a ‘swag bag’ at the Academy Awards this weekend.

Segment 4:  Christiana Trapani, Owner, Door County Candle Company, tells John about the 2-year anniversary of making their Ukraine Candle, where 100% of profits are donated to Razom for Ukraine, a Ukrainian 501 (c)(3) organization. They have raised $1,000,000 to date! Incredible!

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