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....
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy
Last week, Arianna Huffington interviewed Richard Branson in a dialogue with Digg users. One of the questions was, "What historical figure would you m...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
Recently Arianna sat down with Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson as part of the Digg Dialogg series, where Digg users are given the chance to s...
Peter Clothier | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living
This book covers a truly amazing amount of material -- much of which was surprising and fresh even to one who has followed the adventures of human beings in space since the first Sputnik.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment
Arianna Huffington is going to be interviewing Virgin Group founder and record-breaking adventurer Sir Richard Branson. She will pose the most popul...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.21.2009 | Entertainment
New pictures are online of Richard Branson cavorting around his private island Necker with a naked supermodel. Branson was posing for photographer St...
James Boyce | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business
I fly Virgin Atlantic back and forth to London religiously. I can't stand British Airways, and I was looking forward to trying Virgin America.
Lea Lane | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living
Flying is an incredibly safe means of travel, and Thursday night's tragedy was the first American commercial plane crash with loss of life in years. But after two recent crashes, it doesn't seem so.
Michael DeJong | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business
In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally 'green' jobs and add much needed tax revenues.
Paul Armentano | Posted 02.03.2009 | Living
Add decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to the growing list of successful Americans who happens to indulge in marijuana during his down time.
Matthew Bishop | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business
The economic crisis may be the catalyst that sorts out the best non-profits from the also-rans, leading to a sharp increase in the overall effectiveness of the sector.
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 01.30.2009 | World
Several moments reassured me that I was not crazy in thinking that the power shift that is happening is actually an incredible opportunity for disruptive and agile leadership to emerge.
Trevor Neilson | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
Within the first months of his administration, President Obama should invite the leaders of the nation's top one hundred foundations and explicitly ask them to help him implement his agenda.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
Sholom Mordechai was essentially a glorified shochet and butcher, the country's largest producer of kosher meat. His beard and black hat were enough to unnerve many Jews.
Julia Moulden | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living
People around the world tell stories at this time of year - around the table, by reading aloud to one another, and through song. These tales are a way...
AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business
PARIS — Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson said Tuesday his airline will discuss a possible cooperation deal with Lufthansa _ even as he slamm...
Chicago Tribune | Julie Johnsson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago
Virgin America won't be flying to Chicago any time soon. The San Francisco-based upstart, affiliated with Sir Richard Branson, has cancelled plans to...
Treehugger | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green
A chief executive officer wields an awesome power over his companies' policies, employees and principles--and just how sustainable each will be. So wh...
AP | Posted 10.22.2008 | Green
NEW YORK — British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and his two children set out with a crew of champion sailors early Wednesday on a 99-foot rac...
Twisted Sisters | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media
Last night Grey Goose Entertainment and Sundance Channel hosted their Iconoclasts party, celebrating the new season with episodes featuring Cameron Di...
Fortune.com | Richard Siklos | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
LOS ANGELES (Fortune) -- So here we were at 6:20 Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Despite the hour, a disc jockey played pulsing c...
Posted 07.28.2008 | Business
Scroll down for photos and video. From the AP: MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic is giving the world a glimpse of its secret space tourism program. ...
AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 07.27.2008 | Home
LOS ANGELES — Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich to...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green
Inspired by such high-profile cyclists as Obama, Fey and Einstein, I've set to work amassing a comprehensive archive of 100 people we know, love--perhaps even despise--atop the bike.
Stefan Roberts | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green
What Branson intends is not just a huge luxury resort. It is a huge GREEN luxury resort. The whole island will be powered by wind and hydro power, and aims to be completely and utterly carbon-neutral.
After a three-night stay in Moscow, the Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President...
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and...
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It was with interest that I read Dr. Soram Khalsa's post on The Huffington Post...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's...
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people?
As our own Jason Linkins pointed out, Letterman is one of the few comedians...
I'm liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts, or follow me...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name,...
It's summer, the time for weddings! A few of my friends are getting married this summer and fall, so lately...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
I get many letters like this from readers...
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The Observer | Richard Wachman | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business