Wintrust Business Lunch 8/25/25: Intel stake, Fed rate cut looming, AI curriculum, youth hockey boom

Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media, joins John Williams to talk about if August is a good time to put a house on the market, current mortgage rates, why the government took a 10% stake in Intel, when the Fed is likely to cut interest rates, and how the market typically performs after the Fed cuts interest rates.

Segment 2: Jim Dallke, Director of Communications, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, tells John about how Chicago business schools launching AI courses, Tempus buying AI pathology company Paige, and United Airlines investing in supersonic firm Astro Mechanica.

Segment 3: Nick Papanicholas Jr., head of Nicholas & Associates, joins John to talk about their business, and how a hockey boom in the suburbs led the company to build large, indoor ice skating complexes throughout the Chicago area.