Gevo, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group companies, went public this week on Nasdaq. The firm sold 7.15 million shares at $15 each, which was at the high end of its estimated range of $13 to $15. On its first day of tradin…
First, the film director was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight for being too portly. Now, a Virgin America gate attendent refused to allow Smith and his companions to board a jet, even though there were still minutes bef…
First, the film director was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight for being too portly. Now, a Virgin America gate attendent refused to allow Smith and his companions to board a jet, even though there were still minutes bef…
Virgin Galactic, which aims to be the world’s first commercial space carrier, successfully tested its suborbital spaceship, Enterprise.
Enterprise made its first solo test flight in California on Sunday, BBC News reported. The spaceship was carried to 45,000 feet by a plane, then dropped to glide back to earth.
Virgin Galactic plans to charge $200,000 to take passengers on short…
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Virgin Galactic Tests Suborbital Spaceship originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:08:00.
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Virgin Group Ltd, founded by U.K. tycoon Richard Branson, plans enter the hotel industry.
Virgin will spend as much as $500 million on high-end hotels aimed at “high income, well-educated, metropolitan ‘creative class'” customers, Bloomberg News said. The company is scouting for locations in cities including New York, San Francisco and Miami.
The U.S. hotel industry is recovering from…
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Virgin Group to Enter Hotel Industry originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:39:00.
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