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WOW!  Check this out. A partner in a Wall Street investment bank has been charged with stealing $95 million. Andrew Caspersen allegedly raised money from hedge funds for a nonexistent private equity investment, and then pocketed the cash. The company he worked for reported him to authorities when the scheme unraveled.

Hip Hop business man and mogul Russell Simmons is calling out Jay-Z for refusing to understand the Occupy Wall Street movement. In a letter published in Uptown Magazine, Simmons tries to convince the rapper how powerful and influential he can be to the poor if he supported the Occupy movement. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/top-news/russell-simmons-reprimands-jay-z-occupy-stance

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Kanye West on Monday became the latest in a string of celebrities who have attended the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/33339