Northern Rock confirms talks with number of parties

ShareCast - London,UK ... it is continuing talks with Northern Rock about a possible offer. A consortium led by Richard Branson's Virgin Group has also said it is mulling an offer. See all stories on this topic

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A scout around history

ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK DAVID Beckham, Sir Richard Branson and Paul mccartney are all former scouts and today the scouting movement has more than 28 million members across the ... See all stories on this topic

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Virgin invests US$200m in Kingston route - Branson vows no retreat ...

Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic, disembarks from the inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic from London Gatwick to Kingston at the Norman ... See all stories on this topic

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Priyanka Chopra to team up with Virgin Comics

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India The partnership also teams Chopra with media company Virgin Comics, founded by Sir Richard Branson, author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and ... See all stories on this topic

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Scientists must learn to talk to the media

Financial Times - London,England,UK (Richard Branson and John Cleese seem to pass muster.) What do you do if there is no news? (There is always news.) What should I study if I want to be a ... See all stories on this topic

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Alberta could do so much more to promote health, prevent disease

Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada In a recent interview, entrepreneur Richard Branson made two critical points. First, if you can't anticipate or create the demand, then don't create the ... See all stories on this topic

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Virgin here to stay, says Branson

Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica President of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Sir Richard Branson, holds aloft a model of his airline's Boeing 747 aeroplane as he descends the steps of the actual ... See all stories on this topic

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GMAC, PE cos likely to unveil rescue bid for Northern Rock

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India Richard Branson's Virgin Group wants to lead a separate consortium rescue plan. Since early August, world financial markets have been rocked by a global ... See all stories on this topic

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BSkyB offers to give up some ITV voting shares to ease regulator ...

International Herald Tribune - France NTL, now called Virgin Media after a merger with Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile, had announced shortly before BSkyB's move that it was talking with ITV ... See all stories on this topic

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Victor Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment

BusinessWeek - USA Now a consortium led by Sir Richard Branson of Virgin is bidding for the troubled bank. Among the consortium's investors are canny American turnaround ... See all stories on this topic

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