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Richard Branson's Plans In America And Space In The Age Of Expensive Oil

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...

Branson To Partially Unveil Commercial Spaceship On Monday

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...

An 'Open Source' Philosophy Of Government, Commerce & Innovation

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business


Jerry Weinstein

Last week began with the return of eminence grise Jim Hansen, twenty years to the day since he first testified on warming. And it ended with Bill Gates riding off into the philanthropic sunset.

Virgin's Green Investment Fund Gets First $199 Million

Financial Times | Chris Hughes | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


Wolverhampton City Council and Calpers, the influential Californian pension fund, have emerged as some of the maiden investors in Virgin Group's first...

It's Like A Promise Ring For Your Butt!

Leslie Goldman | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living


Leslie Goldman

Currently on sale at K-Mart, parents can buy their precious little girls a fashion-y treat with the ultimate in biblical commitments splayed across their prepubescent hips: True Love Waits.

Can Richard Branson Save Aviation?

Amy Ziff | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living


Amy Ziff

Last week when I heard about Branson's latest feat -flying a 747 airplane from London to Amsterdam on 20 percent bio-diesel fuel - I had to say "Hallelujah!"

Branson Ditches Virgin Megastores

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Gibson | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home


Sir Richard Branson yesterday severed his last remaining link with the high street, offloading his Virgin Megastore chain at a time when record shops ...

Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic Unveils Plans For Tourist Spaceport In New Mexico

Business Week | Dianna Dilworth | Posted 09.06.2007 | Home


As NASA prepares to retire the space shuttle by the end of the decade, just in time for completion of the International Space Station, the tourism ind...