Wintrust Business Lunch 5/2/24: Market relief, Castaways returns, Funkytown Brewery collaboration with Sam Adams

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 […]

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 on the use of facial recognition technology by the TSA, and lawyers for both the Department of Justice and Google presenting arguments to conclude antitrust case.

Segment 3: Anthony Stefani, Partner, The Stefani Restaurant Group, and spokesperson for Castaways Beach Club, tells John about the return of the iconic Castaways this Memorial Day!

Segment 4: Richard Bloomfield, Founder, Funkytown Brewery, joins John to talk about why he and his lifelong friends decided to start a craft brewing company, how their beer stands out from the competition, what it’s like being a black-owned beer business in Chicago, their mission to continue outreach in the Black community, and their collaboration beer with Sam Adams.

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