Charlie Rose with Kenneth Clarke; Richard Branson; Richard Eyre (November 19, 1997)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
• Move could raise £85m for cash-strapped postal business • Royal Mail owns 20% of National Lottery operator Royal Mail looks ready to cash in its equity holding in Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, in a move that could raise up to £85m for the cash-strapped postal business. The state-owned company refused to comment but there was feverish speculation in the City...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen Kilyk of Covington International Travel in Virginia, a member of the prestigious Virtuoso® travel network, is among only 50 U.S. travel advisors invited to attend the world premier of SpaceShipTwo, the space vehicle developed by Scaled Composites to take private passengers to space. (Virtuoso is the exclusive retail travel agency network for Virgin Galactic...
Integration Training Journal - Mark Walsh Brighton,... (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Training Zone have been good enough to publish my ranting on leadership again along with a picture of Che for some reason! ............... Unexpected Great Leaders Leaders are freaks. Leadership is an individual matter and leaders may stand out from the crowd, or paradoxically, be unusual in how well they blend into one. In this article I would like to highlight The “common sense” or “heroic”...
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Forget NASA's giant rockets , forget even the Russian Space Agency's vintage but reliable Soyuz vehicles: The future of space travel for you and me (assuming we're filthy rich) is in private hands . Jeff Bezos' and Richard Branson's, actually. Jeff Bezos' Mystery Blue Origin Rocket Jeff Bezos, better known as founder and CEO of Amazon.com has a sideline you might not have heard about. The fact you've...
The Washington Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Virgin Group’s billionaire creator Richard Branson has tapped local solar industry entrepreneur Jigar Shah to head up a new worldwide battle against carbon emissions.
kennysia.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dear budding young entrepreneurs. If you are thinking about starting their own businesses after reading inspiring stories of the rags-to-riches of those like Richard Branson, Bill Gates or even Tony Fernandes - a word of caution. If you think having...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
DALLAS -- Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson. Virgin took a cautious first... Richard Branson - Virgin Group - Virgin America - Florida - United States
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Business celebrities such as Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Donald Trump worry about publicity as much as Hollywood stars but face growing criticism for "prancing about like Big Brother contestants".Demystifying Business...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- New Mardi Gras today announced the signing of a new sponsorship agreement making Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Blue Airlines Group official airlines for the Sydney event.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson is waiting in the wings if Royal Bank of Scotland is forced to sell off its valued units, including Citizens Bank. RBS confirmed...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented collaboration, Australia's Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef have teamed up with V Australia, Richard Branson's newest international airline, to bring the Perfect Australian Travel Experience to Americans.
CEOWORLD Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Virgin Money, the consumer credit arm of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, has applied to Britain’s Financial Services Authority for a banking licence. The company said that it had applied for a licence to sell current accounts and mortgages to expand its business. Reportedly, Virgin Money had approached Bryan Sanderson, former chairman of Northern Rock, to become a non-executive director...
The Wall Street Journal (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, has applied to the U.K. Financial Services Authority to become a bank.
Small Business Trends (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
There are lots of great small business events coming up this fall. Check out our latest list, brought to you every two weeks by by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com . The Perfect Pitch 2009 October 26, 2009. The Ritz-Carlton; Marina del Rey, California Hundreds of influential entrepreneurs and investors will converge for a day of learning and dealmaking. Powerful speakers and panelists...
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