Wintrust Business Lunch 7/25/24: Economic growth, CrowdStrike outage, McDonald’s in Wauconda

Wintrust Business Lunch

Segment 1: Nondas Plesiotis, Owner/Operator, McDonald’s in Wauconda, joins John Williams to talk about his history in the food industry, why he chose to work with McDonald’s, the way his community grew around McDonald’s, his experience running the business, and why the most important aspect of McDonald’s is the people.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about Delta Air Lines saying its operations are finally getting back to normal after last week’s Crowdstrike outage, the Senate considering legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, and Tesla’s second-quarter net income falling 45%.

Segment 3: Craig Bolanos, Co-Founder and CEO of Wealth Management Group, joins John to talk about how many interest rate cuts we’ll see this year, a second-quarter GDP report that showed the economy growing, why he believes the Fed has done a good job curbing inflation, what he makes of today’s market rally, how he anticipates the markets moving through the election, and if he believes we have over-estimated AI.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5400706/5400706_2024-07-25-190906.128.mp3

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