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Heartland Regional Medical Center CEO Ed Cunningham welcomed local business leaders and elected officials to a new 15,000 square foot facility on the hospital’s Marion, IL campus Tuesday.

CHICAGO (AP) � Recruiting people of color for roles in the corporate world and accountability in hiring will be discussed by chief executives and other business leaders during an event hosted by Chicago-based Diversity MBA. The 15th Annual National Business Leaders Virtual Conference and Awards Gala will be held Wednesday and Thursday. Hiring trends, teaching

WASHINGTON (AP) � President Joe Biden has invited CEOs and business leaders to the White House to discuss COVID-19 mandates. The meeting Wednesday follows Biden’s announcement last week that the Labor Department is working to require that businesses with 100 or more employees order their workers to be fully vaccinated or submit a negative COVID-19

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) � Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong walked out of prison a year early in a parole decision demonstrating the conglomerate’s outsized influence in South Korea as well as continuing leniency for bosses who commit corporate corruption. Lee bowed in apology over the anger ignited by his crimes, which were related to the