Luxury designer Christopher Augmon started designing handbags and accessories about 15 years ago in Chicago without any core experience. Today, he oversees a thriving luxury brand that matches the likes of Hermes in quality and craftsmanship.  Augmon recently spoke to RollingOut.com about his business and his brand, which has been touted by celebs like Zoe Saldana [...]

(Daily Finance) — 1. Find the right bank or credit union for you.The financial institution that works best for your brother may not be the best one for you, so do your own research. It comes down to a matrix of three things for each customer, says Barrington: services, fees and locations.  Ask yourself: How [...]

(Entrepreneur) — There are two basic management formats. One is the pyramid organization, where the head of the company, typically the owner, makes all the decisions and managers simply implement the company’s mandates.  Alternatively, there is the flat organization, where managers make operational decisions, with the management team and owner only reviewing results or discussing [...]

(Washington Post) — After a quick rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experienced an almost equally dramatic decline, losing about half of his support over the past month, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.  Perry’s slide, which comes after several uneven performances in candidate debates, [...]

(Wall Street Journal) — The anti-Wall Street protesters camped out in a Lower Manhattan park are beginning to attract backing from some of New York’s most powerful labor unions.  On Monday, health-care workers union 1199SEIU issued a statement of support for the protests and said it would help feed those camped out in the park, [...]

  By H. Fields Grenée Its three minutes before six o’clock in the morning. Gazing out the locked front doors at the small crowd gathering to take part in the traditional after holiday sales – you prep yourself for what is sure to be a hectic day. Yet beyond the customer purchases, disputes and sales [...]

Matching potential employees to jobs on the marketplace is more than a matter of just numbers, which is why there are 3 million job openings in the U.S. and more more than 14 million people out of work. CNN Money put together a list of nine hard-to-fill jobs to illustrate just how hard it is [...]

By Charlotte Young Want to help your neighbor get a job, why don’t you take a trip to your nearest Starbucks? In one of the latest efforts to help with job creation, the coffee lover has a chance to help out by donating $5 in addition to the daily purchase of a cup of coffee. [...]

by Wayne Hodges Can you imagine an historic black college with as many non-black students as African-Americans? Thanks to a barrage of recent financial problems, that perplexing thought is not out the realm of possibility. Southern University, a prominent black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, saw its fall enrollment drop below 7,000 students this season, a [...]

Other cities are catching on too.