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The past year has been rocky for Branson, 50, who still holds the undisputed title of Britain's most absolutely fabulous tycoon. "The entrepreneur in a sweater," as the Guardian newspaper recently dubbed him, owns stakes in hundreds of businesses-from the banal, like Virgin Cosmetics, to the notional, like...
All of this proves only that managing a big brand into respectable middle age isn't easy. Consider that Branson is thinking about asking for up to $43 million from the government to cover the cost of maintaining his doomed bid to wrest the lottery franchise away from its current...
A. I promised right from the start that there would be no Wednesdays with Morrie. It wasn't going to be a franchise. Although there have been many, many publishers who would love [to publish a sequel]. I've turned down bumper stickers. I've turned down day planners. I...
If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the Blazers beating the Spurs in seven, the Sixers defeating the Knicks in six, and the Blazers winning the NBA title over the Sixers in six. But seeing as I'm not a betting man, I'm just...
Sure, the days of the dotcom billionaires are now past, but that doesn't mean you can't start or buy your own business. Get a bank loan and open a franchise restaurant in your home town. Find some cheap, nostalgic piece of clothing you can have mass-produced in...