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...RICHARD BRANSON, founder of the Virgin business empire, on who will join him on the first of his proposed commercial space flights. There is already a waiting list of 7,000 for the $210,000 trip...
Spaceman Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has been even busier than usual. After wading into the U.S. online music market last week with Virgin Digital, Branson hailed plans for an early 2005 launch of Virgin Nigeria, an airline for which his Virgin Atlantic carrier will pay $24.5 million for a 49% share. He also found time to christen Virgin Galactic, the world's first space-tourism operator, whose...
...right), expects to boldly launch its first passengers into suborbit in 2007 - at around $190,000 each. Virgin will pay up to $21.5 million to license the U.S. technology, investing around $100 million in spaceships and infrastructure. "It would be a waste to sit on the beach all day," Branson told TIME. "I get my pleasure creating things other people can be proud of." But it's not all smooth sailing: shares in U.K. cell-phone operator Virgin Mobile dipped below their July offer price; and at the rollout of Virgin Trains' latest high-speed service in Britain...
...Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best," in which Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson attempts to prove there's room for more than one crazy billionaire on TV. And with Ross Perot not running for president this fall, who's to say he's wrong...
...Honestly, I have never heard of it happening," says Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Lisa Wong. At KLM, flag carrier for the Netherlands, spokesman Youssef Eddini was taken aback that we even popped the question. "It is simply not allowed," he ruled. Even the spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic?whose owner, Richard Branson, once intimated that he would like to introduce double beds on his planes?said, "It's illegal and violators could be handed over to the proper authorities...