PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and ... See Full Post
Register - London,England,UK By Lewis Page * Get more from this author Sir Richard Branson's space-tourism operation, Virgin Galactic, has announced successful tests of the rocket motor ... See Full Post
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA May 28, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SLFPF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Over 75% of 18 to 25 year olds aspire to be like a well known ... See Full Post
Reuters - USA By Robert MacMillan NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group does not want to buy adult entertainment magazine ... See Full Post
Cityfile - New York,NY,USA [NYO] * Richard Branson does not want to buy Playboy. Sorry, Hugh. [Reuters] * NBC ratings hit a new low last week. [AP/huffpo] * Naturally, NBC Universal ... See Full Post
msnbc.com - USA ... which will air launch from Eve, is largely constructed and awaiting the start of its own test flight program later this year," said Sir Richard Branson, ... See Full Post
MarketWatch - USA By MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. is reportedly considering a sale to billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin empire of the ... See Full Post
Merinews - New Delhi,India BRITISH BUSINESS mogul Richard Branson is rumoured to be in the running for the take-over of the iconic Playboy empire. Reports of a possible Virgin ... See Full Post
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BNET - San Francisco,Ca,USA That said, here you have it: According to a British newspaper report, UK billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Media, is considering purchasing ... See Full Post
Xinhua - China Founded in 1984, Virgin Atlantic was developed as an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which was better known at the time as a leading light in ... See Full Post
Financial Times - London,England,UK The group, in which Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group reduced its stake earlier this month, is examining first round offers for its portfolio of ... See Full Post
BusinessWeek - USA By Sarah Arnott Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic almost doubled its profits last year despite the carnage in so much of the global aviation ... See Full Post
BNET - San Francisco,Ca,USA By Sean Blanda | May 27th, 2009 @ 9:14 am Richard Branson eyes Playboy --- A UK newspaper has suggested that Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of ... See Full Post
Times Online - UK Sir Richard Branson has lost none of his touch when it comes to public relations. News that Virgin Atlantic almost doubled full-year pre-tax profits, ... See Full Post
CNN International - USA Previous Digg Dialogg guests have been Al Gore and Richard Branson. The result of getting users to vote on which questions they like is that best ones ... See Full Post
SkySports - USA And although Richard Branson has revealed that his company is keen to become Brawn's title sponsor, the team has yet to make a decision. ... See Full Post
GrowthBusiness.co.uk - London,England,UK Adults under 25 are more likely to have Alan Sugar or Richard Branson as their role models than Paris Hilton or Madonna, accordng to a survey. ... See Full Post
Hollyscoop - Los Angeles,CA,USA Reports have been circling that Hef is reportedly lining up British billionaire Richard Branson to take over Playboy! As Hollyscoop has reported in the past ... See Full Post
Chicago Tribune - United States By Greg Burns | Tribune staff reporter This time, a UK newspaper is suggesting that Sir Richard Branson could be interested in the adult-media icon. ... See Full Post
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Valley Stream,NY,USA ... buyers and according to the Chicago Tribune, UK newspaper the Daily Mail reported Sunday that the latest is Virgin Media's Sir Richard Branson. ... See Full Post
Indian Express - New Delhi,India Soft porn mogul Hugh Hefner is said to be considering selling his 'Playboy' empire to British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's and#39;Virgin' firm, media reports ... See Full Post
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA Another day, another rumor about who might be buying Playboy Enterprises Inc. This time, a UK newspaper is suggesting that Sir Richard Branson could be ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom The number of MPs should be halved and their salaries doubled, claims Sir Richard Branson. The Virgin founder and entrepreneur also said MPs should be paid ... See Full Post
Daily Mail - UK By Karl West Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic shrugged off last year's economic headwinds with a near doubling of profits to equals A368.4million and ... See Full Post
Contactmusic.com - Ilkley,England,UK Porn mogul HUGH HEFNER is reportedly lining up British billionaire SIR RICHARD BRANSON to take over his Playboy empire. Hefner's company - founded 56 years ... See Full Post
Reuters - USA The company, controlled by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, said pretax profits came in at 68.4 million pounds for the period, up from 34.8 million the ... See Full Post
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA ... Wargo (contact) Has Las Vegas become the latest battleground in a 25-year-old feud between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson? ... See Full Post
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India ... founded more than 56 years ago for some 200 million pounds, with Sir Richard Branson's firm Virgin tipped as a potential buyer,andquot; The Telegraph reported. ... See Full Post
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia By Emma Thelwell, ninemsn Money Hugh Hefner's Playboy Bunnies could become Sir Richard Branson's Virgins, as the world's most infamous sugar daddy looks to ... See Full Post
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA It's hard to believe it has been five years since designer Burt Rutan paired with visionaries such as Richard Branson and Paul Allen for the history-making ... See Full Post
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA British billionaire-adventurer Richard Branson crossed the Pacific in a hot-air balloon faster than anyone ever had before. The late Steve Fossett gained ... See Full Post
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town,South Africa The Discovery Invest Leadership Summit will feature a range of local and international business heavyweights, including Sir Richard Branson, ... See Full Post
AFP The move has drawn fierce opposition from Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic, which claims such a partnership would threaten the survival of rivals. ... See Full Post
Times Online - UK As many as four Formula One teams are attempting to lure Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group away from Brawn GP on the eve of what could the new squad's ... See Full Post
WNYT - Albany,NY,USA "It's not pretty," Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson said. "Airlines across the Atlantic are definitely suffering. Airlines all over the world are ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Richard Branson, the team's new best friend, is a regular caller of course. If Virgin is to be the name that fills the big space on the car, Branson will ... See Full Post
LLanelli Star - Wales,UK Sir Richard was reprising a recent Virgin Trains advert in which a woman eagerly awaits her arrival by train at the station where her boyfriend is waiting ... See Full Post
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA She is not the next Richard Branson, or Donald Trump, or any entrepreneur or high profile executive from my generation (gen x). Rather, Jessica is a mild ... See Full Post
NEWS.com.au - Australia By Jessica Leo SIR Richard Branson has defended his penchant for posing with and using scantily clad women in promoting his Virgin Group, saying it's what ... See Full Post
Monsters and Critics.com - USA Sydney - British tycoon Sir Richard Branson said Friday that having scantily clad women at product launches ensured media coverage. ... See Full Post
AFP SYDNEY (AFP) --- Flamboyant billionaire and Virgin Group chief Richard Branson hit back over Australian criticism of his use of scantily-clad young women to ... See Full Post
Newstrack India - Delhi,India Sydney, May 22 (DPA) British tycoon Richard Branson said Friday that having scantily clad women at product launches ensured media coverage. ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire owner of Virgin, has defended himself against claims that the use of bikini-wearing women to sell his company's ... See Full Post
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA Or has Las Vegas just become the newest battleground in a 25-year-old feud between the airline and Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson, who has enjoyed the ... See Full Post
Register - London,England,UK By Lewis Page * Get more from this author The firm building jet "motherships" and suborbital rocketplanes for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space ... See Full Post
CNNMoney.com - USA Richard Branson's London -based Virgin Group Ltd. is minority owner, and the carrier has been wrapped in ownership squabbles as to whether it is actually ... See Full Post
Financial Times - London,England,UK ... like Vivendi's Jean-Bernard L equals E9vy and Richard Branson but by Prince Charles of the UK, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Prince Philip of Spain. ... See Full Post
Gerson Lehrman Group - New York,USA The two airlines effectively will now have a huge 25% market share of trans-Atlantic capacity, yet there isn'ta peep from Sir Richard Branson. ... See Full Post
guardian.co.uk - UK Richard Branson has never been a wallflower when it comes to getting media mileage for his companies, and Virgin Trains appears to be his latest one-man ... See Full Post
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK By Mark Ellis 20/05/2009 Sir Richard Branson mapped out his vision for the railways yesterday claiming he can slash journey times on Britainand#39;s busiest route ... See Full Post
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK Online viewers will be able to watch Sir Richard Branson reject model Caprice on a railway platform tonight - as part of a new advertisement for Virgin ... See Full Post
TheStreet.com - USA Also last week, Richard Branson's Virgin Group cut back its stake in Virgin Media to 6.5% from 10.5%, to satisfy the terms of a so-called andquot;collar loan" from ... See Full Post
BBC News - UK By Tom Symonds Sir Richard Branson has said his Virgin Group would invest at least equals A31bn in its train service if allowed to run its franchise for another 20 ... See Full Post
Broadcastnow - London,UK Sir Richard Branson has significantly reduced his stake in cable company Virgin Media from 10.45% to 6.5%. The deal is the result of Bransonand#39;s decision in ... See Full Post
BusinessWeek - USA Legendary entrepreneur Richard Branson was once asked, "What does Virgin stand for?" He could have answered "a great music store" or "a great airline," but ... See Full Post
Financial Times - London,England,UK At the close, Google chairman Eric Schmid t, co-founder Larry Page and Sir Richard Branson took a different political tack, chatting about philanthropy and ... See Full Post
Transport Briefing - London,UK Sir Richard Branson said: "We are running 21st century high-speed trains through 19th century stations. For example, Crewe, Preston and Carlisle are ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Sir Richard Branson told Google's Zeitgeist conference Virgin Galactic spaceships will be ready for testing by December 2009 and are on track to be carbon ... See Full Post
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK By Clinton Manning 20/05/2009 Sir Richard Branson has warned a tie-up between British Airways and American Airlines would create a "monster monopoly". ... See Full Post
guardian.co.uk - UK Virgin1 is to launch a viral ad campaign to promote US animated comedy The Life and Times of Tim in which Virgin Media shareholder Richard Branson is mistaken ... See Full Post
ChattahBox - Boston,MA,USA UK (ChattahBox) -- Virgin founder Richard Branson has released plans to create an online bank to take advantage of the current distrust of financial ... See Full Post
Korea Herald - Seoul,South Korea Virgin Galactic, an affiliate of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson, has begun promoting to Korean customers its private space travel program that ... See Full Post
WA today - Perth,WA,Australia This is a nation that is driven by tea but sadly, it will not produce biofuel or Sir Richard Branson would already have done it. See Full Post
The Associated Press The most vocal critic of the American-BA proposal has been Richard Branson, the British billionaire whose Virgin Atlantic Airways competes with those ... See Full Post
Real Business - London,England,UK ... discover the benefits of working with people who really care. by Rebecca Burn-Callander - Monday, 18th May 2009 - Richard Branson loves a market in flux ... See Full Post
Digital Spy - UK By James Welsh Sir Richard Branson is now Virgin Media's fourth-largest shareholder after Virgin Group's stake in the company dropped to 6.5%. ... See Full Post
domain-B - Khandala,Maharashtra,India Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin brand of over 360 companies, is planning to launch an internet bank after consumers in the UK have expressed their ... See Full Post
The Press Association Sir Richard Branson has called on the Government to allow the private sector to plug the funding gap which is threatening the growth of the railways. ... See Full Post
Recruiter - London,UK Last week, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group controls BA rival Virgin Atlantic, said in a statement that any merger between BA and American Airlines ... See Full Post
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya The most publicised participants in the Darfur Fast for Life hunger strike include Ms Mia Farrow, a US actress, Mr Richard Branson, the billionaire founder ... See Full Post
Broadband TV News - London,UK By Julian Clover | May 17, 2009 | 19:41 UK Sir Richard Branson has sold a part of his stake in Virgin Media, reducing the Virgin Group holding from 10.45 to ... See Full Post
WA today - Perth,WA,Australia British tycoon Richard Branson today unveiled a futuristic aircraft that will ferry tourists to the edge of the heavens as part of Virgin Galactic's ... See Full Post
AMERICAblog - USA In the UK it is retailer Tesco and now Richard Branson who are keen to step in and create rival banks to take on the old boy network who probably also play ... See Full Post
Financier Worldwide - Corporate Finance Intelligence - Birmingham,UK British entrepreneur and owner of Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, has labelled the proposed alliance between American Airlines and British Airways a ... See Full Post
Times Online - UK SIR RICHARD BRANSON is urging ministers to hand the private sector a greater role in the railways by giving entrepreneurs freedom to invest in new trains, ... See Full Post
guardian.co.uk - UK Richard Branson is to launch an internet bank in a move designed to exploit public disgust with Britain's big banks in the wake of the credit crunch. ... See Full Post
guardian.co.uk - UK Jayne-Anne Gadhia, chief executive of Richard Branson's Virgin Money, is something of a rarity: a woman who has made it to the top in the male-dominated, ... See Full Post
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK By Gary Anderson 17/05/2009 Sir Richard Branson has been forced to buy fake plastic palm trees for his Caribbean island. The Virgin boss, 59, was devastated ... See Full Post
NJ.com - NJ,USA Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Airlines, Leo Tolstoy is one of world's greatest novelists; Stanley Kubrick is one of America's celebrated film ... See Full Post
Express Press Release (press release) - Las Vegas,NV,USA Today (11th May 2009) Richard Branson pledged his support for the Prince of Wales 'Frog' Campaign. Richard stated 'As you all know, for many years I have ... See Full Post
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA World economic crisis; the future of space travel; Darfur hunger strike: Richard Branson, Virgin Group. 3 pm CNN. Today Michelle Obama's commencement speech ... See Full Post
Times Online - UK Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, has slashed his stake in cable television company Virgin Media from 10.45 per cent to 6.5 per cent. ... See Full Post
International Business Times Australia - Sydney,NSW,Australia ... alliance between American Airlines and British Airways would create a "monster monopoly," British entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Thursday. ... See Full Post
Financial Times - London,England,UK By Justin Baer in New York Sir Richard Branson warned on Thursday that British Airways' planned transcontinental venture with American Airlines could ... See Full Post
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA ... on the Oneworld application for trans-Atlantic antitrust immunity, and Virgin Atlantic head Sir Richard Branson had plenty of negative ones on Thursday. ... See Full Post
Where I Live - News Community Media - Metro,Australia The $4 million redevelopment of the island which is owned by Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and CEO Brett Godfrey was almost complete when the dispute with ... See Full Post
The Press Association ... link-up between British Airways and giant US carrier American Airlines is allowed to go ahead, Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson has said. ... See Full Post
CNNMoney.com - USA WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson said Thursday a proposed merger of AMR Corp.'s (AMR) American Airlines and ... See Full Post
Wall Street Journal - USA The correct version follows:) By Josh Mitchell Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson said ... See Full Post
Wall Street Journal - USA By Josh Mitchell Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson said Thursday a proposed alliance led by ... See Full Post
Reuters - USA L) would create a "monster monopoly," British entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Thursday. Branson, whose Virgin Group [VA.UL] controls BA rival Virgin ... See Full Post
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa She has also gained support from English sirs Elton John and Richard Branson. 'I met Sir Richard Branson a few years ago and he has become very interested ... See Full Post
BandT Marketing and Media (subscription) - Chatswood,New South Wales,Australia An independent community radio station on the brink of closing down has garnered media attention for its campaign to 'Ask Richard' (Richard Branson) for $1 ... See Full Post
CNNMoney.com - USA By Josh Mitchell WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson said Thursday a proposed alliance led by AMR Corp. ... See Full Post
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA I don't know if he'll win the day, but Richard Branson certainly wins the award for tenacity and the ability to make his point. He makes British Airways and ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has halved his stake in Virgin Media but insists that he remains committed to the cable group. ... See Full Post
Real Business - London,England,UK "I've always followed Richard Branson very closely," says the Greek tycoon. "I mean, I started an airline!" But Stelios admits that the business model for ... See Full Post
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA Bill Jeakle and his children's TV show, "Team Marco Polo," made the final round of Branson's PitchTV, a contest in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to ... See Full Post
Globe and Mail - Canada Six adventurous Canadians have booked themselves on one of Richard Branson's space trips, putting down $20000 deposits for a ride on SpaceShipTwo. ... See Full Post
CNN International - USA By Richard Branson Editor's note: Entrepreneur Richard Branson founded a mail-order record retailer in England in 1970 that grew into the Virgin Group of ... See Full Post
Reuters - USA While the company -- partly owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group [VA.UL] -- expects to continue see ARPU dampening in the second quarter, ... See Full Post
AFP British tycoon Richard Branson said he would take over Farrow's fast for three days in a gesture of solidarity with the humanitarian activist. ... See Full Post
Opposing Views - Los Angeles,CA,USA In this video from Big Think.com, famous entrepreneur and philanthropist Richard Branson explains that alongside the Bush administration, the media should ... See Full Post
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,Australia ... the station is using a cheeky alternative: asking listeners to lobby the Virgin CEO, Richard Branson, to write a cheque to the station for $1 million. ... See Full Post
guardian.co.uk - UK Among the first in queue -- apart from Richard Branson and his family -- are said to be Stephen Hawking, James Lovelock and William Shatner. ... See Full Post
Real Business - London,England,UK Real Business and Cisco have found the entrepreneurial firms that provide the very best in customer engagement. by Rebecca Burn-Callander - Monday, ... See Full Post
FOXNews - USA Actress Mia Farrow initiated the fast, but was advised by her doctor to stop after 12 days of consuming only water. British billionaire Richard Branson has ... See Full Post
TechRadar UK - London,UK Virgin boss Richard Branson believes that the average middle class family will be able to afford space trips 'within his lifetime'. ... See Full Post
The Sun - London,UK Virgin tycoon Richard Branson is seen as the ideal dad with soccer hero David Beckham and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole top brother and sister. ... See Full Post
msnbc.com - USA RICHARD BRANSON: I've been to Darfur and spent a lot of time with Darfurians and I know first hand what they've been through and what they're going through. ... See Full Post
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Joanna Lumley and Richard Branson are the celebrities most people would like to be their mother and father, according to a new poll. ... See Full Post
Reuters - USA Shares of the company, partly owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group [VA.UL], were trading at $3.75 before the bell. They closed at $2.90 Friday on the New ... See Full Post