http://www.chicagodefender.com/articles.sec-55-1-our-business.html Vision, taking risks, and Steve Jobs were among many thought provoking comments made in the 20/20 Vision: Supplier Diversity in the 21st Century forum recently held in Chicago, which was sponsored by Black Enterprise and Wal-Mart.]]> Chicago radio personality AC Green said after almost losing everything, his decision to reinvent himself changed his life.]]> CHICAGO - Teen employment in Illinois last year dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, with minorities and youth from low-income homes among the hardest hit, according to a report released Tuesday.]]> After a more than six-year battle with Chicago's city council to get a Walmart store approved in his South Side ward, Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) is proud to see the doors open Wednesday at the new Walmart on 83rd Street and Stewart Avenue. ]]> I’d like to share a love story with you. It’s probably not the kind you’d expect. The characters in this story are not sultry women and manly men. They are tablets, like iPads, eReaders (electronic devices that allow you to digitally read books, magazines, etc.), and other mobile connected devices. But, I promise I’ll make it interesting.]]> Bronzeville is now home to a gourmet hot dog eatery.]]> CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Even as Gov. Pat Quinn hailed the start of a construction project Tuesday that will create 1,200 short-term jobs, Indiana and South Dakota kept up a push by other states to chip away at Illinois' vulnerable economic image and lure jobs away.]]> PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Adidas is going barefoot.]]>