OSHKOSH 2008: Branson pledges Eve for AirVenture 2009

Flight International - USA Renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan, flanked by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn pledged yesterdat ...

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Heather Mills getting private business lessons from Branson

Entertainment and Showbiz! - Baroda,India Heather Mills is taking private coaching from Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson, as part of her preparation for her appearance on =91Celebrity Apprentice=91 in ...

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The green room: Sam Branson, model

guardian.co.uk - UK Obviously, I generally fly Virgin [his father is Sir Richard Branson], which offers offsetting, and I always do that. No. I do think people should be aware ...

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NYTS Offering an Interview with an Environmentalist Entrepreneur

Editor & Publisher - USA By E&P Staff NEW YORK The New York Times Syndicate is offering an interview with British billionaire Richard Branson about his efforts against global ...

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Branson=92s Virgin Presented the White Knight

eFluxMedia - USA By Matthew Williams Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by British entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson, has unveiled White Knight Two ...

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White Knight Courts Virgin

Motley Fool - USA By Tim Beyers July 30, 2008 Comments (0) When Sir Richard Branson first started a 70-mile club for the rich and extremely adventurous, it felt to me like ...

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Richard Branson unveils Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo

Travel Weekly UK - Sutton,England,UK Sir Richard Branson's plans to put tourists in space moved a step closer on Monday when Virgin Galactic unveiled its WhiteKnightTwo 'mothership'. ...

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I-Team: Did Steve Fossett Fake His Own Death?

KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA "Well, if it were true, I'd be the happiest man ever," said his friend, Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways. The British News of the World ...

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Richard Branson unveils his space plane

Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA By Peter Pae | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Richard Branson, left, and Burt Rutan unveil a plane that they say will serve as the mothership for the ...

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Branson unveils space 'mothership'

Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa Los Angeles - British tycoon Richard Branson on Monday unveiled a futuristic aircraft that would ferry tourists to the edge of heaven as part of Virgin ...

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Top US astronaut welcomes space tourism

AFP - Kelly's comments came hours after Virgin Galactic, owned by British tycoon Sir Richard Branson, unveiled in the California desert a futuristic aircraft ...

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Colby Cosh: Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is where hype meets hope

National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada But while no one questions Branson's daring and enterprise, let's keep our feet on the ground: the craft rolled out yesterday, while perhaps "one of the ...

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Richard Branson's Keys to Entrepreneurial Success

Success Magazine - New York,NY,USA Billionaire, mogul, financier Richard Branson has built an empire on great ideas and the ability to follow through on a dream. ...

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Around the Web 7.29.08: Game over for Scrabulous, rough start for ...

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA NYT -- "The Dark Knight" was cool, but the White Knight Two sounds more fun: Richard Branson showed off a spacecraft to help launch thrill-seekers into the ...

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Branson starts a new industry: space travel

Breaking News - Trinidad and Tobago The White Knight Two is unveiled by billionaire Richard Branson, left, in the Mojave Desert. The carrier aircraft is designed to launch passenger-carrying ...

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Dream of spaceflight takes wing

San Diego Union Tribune - United States By Bruce V. Bigelow MOJAVE =96 Visionary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and British billionaire Richard Branson yesterday rolled out a =93mothership=94 aircraft ...

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Branson unveils space tourism jet

BBC News - UK The British business tycoon Richard Branson has unveiled an aircraft in the US that will be used for his project to launch tourists into space. ...

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Virgin Galactic rolls out SpaceShipTwo's 'mothership'

New Scientist (subscription) - UK The plane, named Eve for Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson's mother, was rolled out of a hanger in the Mojave Desert on Monday. ...

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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft

The Associated Press - (AP) =97 The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd ...

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Virgin Galactic Unveils Space Liner Mothership

Space.com - USA ... to establish a private spaceliner business =97 a venture being bankrolled by British entrepreneur and billionaire, Richard Branson and his Virgin Group. ...

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Richard Branson reveals mothership for space tourists

Monsters and Critics.com - USA Washington - The British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled in California's Mojave desert Monday a new launch vehicle for private space flights. ...

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Richard Branson unveils his space plane

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA British billionaire Richard Branson, who is bankrolling the project, was on hand for the rollout of the prototype. It would carry an eight-person rocket ...

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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft

The Associated Press - (AP) =97 British billionaire Sir Richard Branson showed off a key piece of his fledgling commercial space program Monday, unveiling a carrier aircraft ...

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Virgin Galactic Shows the Finished WhiteKnight Two

Slashdot - USA Christened "EVE" in honor of Richard Branson's mother =97 Sir Richard performed the official naming ceremony =97 WK2 is both visually remarkable and represents ...

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In pictures: Space tourism jet

BBC News - UK British businessman Richard Branson has unveiled an aircraft designed for his company's project to launch tourists into space. The launch ceremony took ...

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Branson unveils space tourism craft 'WhiteKnightTwo'

AFP - LOS ANGELES (AFP) =97 British tycoon Richard Branson on Monday unveiled a futuristic aircraft that will ferry tourists to the edge of heaven as part of Virgin ...

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Branson unveils White Knight II - Virgin Galactic's commercial ...

Tech Digest - London,England,UK Sir Richard Branson has just finished the grand unveiling of his first commercial space craft in the Mojave desert. At the naming ceremony, ...

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Sir Richard Branson unveils Virgin's spaceship

Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Sir Richard Branson has unveiled the shuttle his company will use to send tourists into space and revealed that one of the first launchpads for flights will ...

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Branson, Rutan to show off new air-launch plane

Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA On Monday, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan plan to show off the mother ship that will air-launch a ...

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Beam Me Up A Scot

Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK Will, 48, who is responsible for turning Sir Richard Branson's space flight plans into reality, said: "Taking tourists into space is the biggest ...

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Adventurer Steve Fossett 'may have faked his own death'

Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom By Chris Irvine Fossett, a friend of Virgin boss Richard Branson, and the first man to fly non-stop round the earth in a hot air balloon, went missing last ...

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Madge desperate to fly to the moon

Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand The Material Girl is desperate to hop onboard Richard Branson=92=92s SpaceShipTwo - the vehicle, which he says will turn space tourism into a reality by 2013. ...

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Heather Mills gets it and spends it

United Press International - USA LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- Heather Mills celebrated her divorce from former Beatle Paul McCartney by taking 20 friends on an outing to Richard Branson's ...

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Madge desperate to fly to the moon

Times of India - India The =91 Material Girl=92 is desperate to hop onboard Richard Branson's =91SpaceShipTwo=92 - the vehicle, which he says will turn space tourism into a reality by ...

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WhiteKnightTwo to be unveiled on Monday, space to seem less far away

engadget - Santa Monica,CA,USA Richard Branson and "other dignitaries" are preparing to officially launch the ship at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California (a short drive from Zzyzx ...

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BA executives facing price-fixing charges for ripping off customers

Daily Mail - UK However Sir Richard Branson's airline escaped punishment as a reward for blowing the whistle on the deal. In February British Airways and Virgin Atlantic ...

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Clarkson top for calls

The Star - Sheffield,England,UK Business tycoon Richard Branson tops the chart, with 21.2 per cent of the vote, followed by the Top Gear TV presenter with 20.8 per cent, according to Tesco ...

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Space travel: Are we nearly there yet?

Independent - London,England,UK The bravest venture yet from Sir Richard Branson promises to take tourists beyond the earth's atmosphere. The price of weightlessness and a new view of the ...

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

Times Online - UK He=92s hoping that Sir Richard Branson, a pioneer of extreme ballooning, could be persuaded to open his wallet. Branson might be encouraged to learn that one ...

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I lost my bags on a trip to visit myboss

Liverpool Echo - UK =93I=92d been invited by Richard Branson to his private island, Necker. I was thrilled and went with my sister. We were so excited, packed all sorts as you do, ...

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Aircraft for space tourism to be unveiled

International Herald Tribune - France British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan are due Monday to show off their mothership, which is designed to air ...

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Oil threatens to clip wings of fledgling Asian carriers

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia The most successful of these, Malaysia's Air Asia, is as faithful a facsimile of Richard Branson's Virgin as are the bodgy Rolexes and DVDs of Asia's ...

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Space tourism: New mothership to be unveiled Monday

Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and other dignitaries will roll out WhiteKnightTwo, the mothership that will take a commercial vehicle into space, ...

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Space travel rockets forward

The Sun - London,UK By STAFF REPORTER SPACE tourism will take one GIANT LEAP forward on Monday when Sir Richard Branson unveils his mothership, WhiteKnightTwo. ...

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BA's shining light

guardian.co.uk - UK Rather than just "seeing the light" on environmental issues (Richard Branson's letter, July 23) I believe British Airways has actually been shining the ...

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Why The Economy Has Turned Air Travel Into A 'Hell' Not On Earth

CityNews - Toronto,Canada This week, Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, warned there will be "spectacular casualties" in the industry over the coming year. ...

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Developers break ground on spa at Natirar estate

New Brunswick Home News Tribune - New Brunswick,NJ,USA "We are not simply happy that you are here - we are overjoyed," William Horton, borough mayor, told Robert Wojtowicz, who along with Sir Richard Branson, ...

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British Airways remains popular with public

Holiday hypermarket - UK It was the highest-ranked airline in the survey, with Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic also featured in the top 50 brands. Other holiday-based companies ...

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New head chef

Sheffield Telegraph - Sheffield,England,UK Completing the line-up at the Ecclesall Road venue is Gavin Saunders, formerly manager of Richard Branson's Kensington Roof Garden in London. ...

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Heather Mills treats boyfriend Jamie Walker to =A3250k holiday

Now Magazine Online - London,England,UK She took a 20-strong entourage on the week-long trip to the Caribbean island of Necker, owned by Sir Richard Branson. =91Heather wanted to celebrate the ...

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Road safety technology co GreenRoad raises $3m

Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel Current investors Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital Management LLP, and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Green Fund participated in the round, ...

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Luxury on the horizon

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA He is partnering with British billionaire Richard Branson to turn the former king's estate into a luxury spa. Branson did not appear for the ceremony ...

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Toll exits Virgin Blue

Flight International - USA Its chairman, Sir Richard Branson, says the group "remains a long-term committed cornerstone shareholderand has a high degree of confidence in Virgin Blue's ...

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Green Diva=92s Guide to a New World Vision: The Wisdom of The Elders ...

EcoWorldly - San Francisco,USA In 1999 Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson decided that we as a global village were missing the essential survival ingredient - the wisdom of our elders. ...

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Former Virgin America CEO Reid lands new job

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA ... flies to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Las Vegas, New York and Washington DC Hired by Virgin America part-owner Richard Branson, ...

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Post-Virgin Life: Fred Reid Gets a New Gig

Jaunted - USA ... and handle reams of paperwork--but had to step down in February because of regulatory fears that he was secretly working for Richard Branson. ...

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Gordon Brown's Chequers guest list includes Sir Alan Sugar and Sir ...

Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Among the business leaders invited to dine at the Buckinghamshire mansion were Sir Alan Sugar, Sir Richard Branson, of Virgin, Sir Stuart Rose, ...

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Guess who came to dinner

guardian.co.uk - UK Q. What do business tycoon Richard Branson, his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Screenwriter Richard Curtis all have in common? ...

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Gottliebsen: Virgin's dangerous game

Business Spectator - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... to be made by a low-cost number-two that accepts its place. But of course that=92s not the culture that Richard Branson implants into people in his orbit.

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Virgin Blue adds bag fees, cuts capacity

MSN Money - USA Toll's reduction of its stake to about 1.7 percent would leave co-founder Richard Branson the largest shareholder in Virgin Blue, with a 25.5 percent ...

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British Trust Denies Billionaire To Open Private Hospital

AHN - USA London, England (AHN) - Although it has confirmed having an "informal meeting" with British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, Camden Primary Care Trust has ...

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KGB INTERROGATION: Brett Godfrey

Business Spectator - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... Toll leaving the register, will it make any difference to the way you run the airline and will Richard Branson=92s influence be any more evident? ...

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Branson Concorde bid snub

Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK BRITISH Airways has rejected a new attempt by Sir Richard Branson to buy five Concorde supersonic jets for =A35 million, and said it will retire the iconic ...

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Virgin being wooed to run =91supersurgery=92 in Camden

Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar LONDON: Billionaire Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is being wooed to run polyclinics in London. He is already planning a network of health centres across ...

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=46rom Bond to Branson

SourceWire (press release) - London,UK Serial Entrepreneur Brad Rosser has worked with some of the best in the business; from Sir Richard Branson to Alan Bond. Now Brad, Australian born, ...

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NHS trust's talks with Virgin group

The Press Association - The Camden Primary Care Trust had an "informal meeting" with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group earlier this year, it is confirmed. ...

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VIRGIN IN TALKS TO RUN A&E

UK Express - UK By Kirsty Buchanan VIRGIN tycoon Sir Richard Branson is being courted by health chiefs planning to privatise hospital casualty units. ...

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BT ups the ante on cable rivals

The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK In doing so, he will be taking on rivals such as Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Media, the cable television company, and BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster run ...

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Nasa 'should follow Columbus'

BBC News - UK He hopes to repeat the experience in space, above the atmosphere, aboard the maiden, suborbital flight of British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin ... See all stories on this topic

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MONEY CAN=92T BUY YOU SME LOVE

SourceWire (press release) - London,UK Demonstrating that money cannot buy you everything, Richard Branson has topped a poll of business heroes as voted for by business owners themselves, ... See all stories on this topic

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Business.view Masters of distress

Economist - UK Mr Ross was a member of a consortium (with Sir Richard Branson) that tried to buy Northern Rock, a troubled British mortgage-lender, only to be frustrated ... See all stories on this topic

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What will Americans make of Jeremy Paxman on TV?

Times Online - UK Sir Richard Branson, after some pretty tough negotiations, I can tell you, has signed with Virgin Books for his second work, Business Stripped Bare: ... See all stories on this topic

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Macau casinos curbs pay off for current players

Guardian - UK Richard Branson's Virgin Group was also interested in building a casino, according to media reports last year. These players could still make a move in ... See all stories on this topic

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SALTIRE PRIZE: $20 Million for Renewable Ocean Energy

Inhabitat - USA Richard Branson=92s prize is for scientists to create new ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. These challenges have created incredible innovation with a ... See all stories on this topic

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Richard Branson has way too much money and free time

Monsters and Critics.com - USA ... of people and Prince William smushing his gal Kate's petunias with an RAF chopper - gazillionaire Sir Richard Branson is initiating space nuptials. ... See all stories on this topic

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Branson to be 1st man to marry couple in space

Times of India - India LONDON: Virgin boss Richard Branson is eyeing yet another record =97 this time by becoming the first person to marry a couple in space, on the airline's ... See all stories on this topic

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Commence Airline Bankruptcy Prognostication

Jaunted - USA But maybe Elliott left VA off his list because Richard Branson is making the media rounds, talking up his American carrier: They're doing well ahead of ... See all stories on this topic

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WU TANG CLAN - METHOD MAN TO RELEASE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Contactmusic.com - Ilkley,England,UK Sir Richard Branson presents 'Virgin Mobile Festival' at the Pimlico Race Course - Day 2. Baltimore,Maryland - 05.08.07 WU-TANG CLAN star METHOD MAN is to ... See all stories on this topic

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Branson: Virgin America will flourish despite tough times for airlines

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA Richard Branson, the British billionaire who conceived of the low-cost airline, told reporters on Thursday, "They're doing well ahead of budget and we're ... See all stories on this topic

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New Sydney-Los Angeles route aboard Virgin

The Canadian Press - SYDNEY, Australia British mogul Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, said the new services were a logical extension of the company's existing air operations. ... See all stories on this topic

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Stephen McGinty - I'm all for change, but let's hear it for those ...

Scotsman - United Kingdom SIR Richard Branson is estimated to be worth =A34.4 billion, but should the goatee-bearded one be bundled into a hessian sack and spirited away by kidnappers ... See all stories on this topic

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SA on shortlist for space base

Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia Billionaire Richard Branson and his new venture Virgin Galactic are considering launch sites in SA and Victoria for flights in the SpaceShipTwo craft. ... See all stories on this topic

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GPs have little faith in future of free NHS

Guardian - UK The survey results came after the Guardian revealed GPs who work in Sir Richard Branson's planned network of Virgin health centres will be given a ... See all stories on this topic

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Richard Branson

ITWeb - Gauteng,South Africa Branson: It is dominated by Vodacom and MTN, and they have significant influence over the industry. Competing against such large players is not easy, ... See all stories on this topic

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Branson group in talks with Virgin Radio suitor

Times Online - UK Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has begun talks with the preferred bidder of SMG-owned Virgin Radio as concerns mount over whether Absolute Radio should be ... See all stories on this topic

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