http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Virgin_Group_LtdFind stories, videos, and photos about Virgin Group Ltd. from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:48:57 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Virgin_Group_Ltd14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Virgin Group Ltd. from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/10/07/airline.promotions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/10/07/airline.promotions/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf your November travel plans include a flight out of Los Angeles, don't be surprised to find yourself standing behind a bald, tattooed human billboard.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/31/news/companies/siklos_virgin_america.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/31/news/companies/siklos_virgin_america.fortune/index.htmSo here we were at 6:20 Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Despite the hour, a disc jockey played pulsing club music, a soundtrack that soon continued onboard a Virgin America Airbus with "My Other Ride is a Spaceship" emblazoned behind its nose. A 20-minute flight later, the jet landed in Mojave, Calif., where tycoon Richard Branson awaited.Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/04/technology/kirkpatrick_branson.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/04/technology/kirkpatrick_branson.fortune/index.htmThe delightful Richard Branson proves yet again that you don't have to toe the line in order to be a successful businessperson. In launching another intriguing business, this time to make private aircraft charters easier to arrange, he cannot avoid the temptation for endless quips, even right off a long flight from India - a charter of course.Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:13:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141343/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141343/index.htmTalk about a long wait for takeoff. After stints at Lufthansa and Delta (where he was president), Fred Reid has spent three years trying to get Virgin America off the ground. Though the Department of Transportation initially withheld approval, citing too much foreign control by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, the low-cost carrier finally got the go-ahead in May after restructuring. Flights between San Francisco and New York - featuring mood lighting, leather seats, and a deluxe entertainment system - begin this month. We caught up with Reid at VA's Burlingame, Calif., headquarters to talk travel.Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/12/21/biztrav.2007roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/12/21/biztrav.2007roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt has been a year of promising news for the globe-trotting business traveler. Yes, there have been all the woes of increased airport security, packed planes, heaving hotels and bursting business-class lounges, but some of the headlines have brought encouragement for a better future.Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:38:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1687440,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1687440,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNorthern Rock PLC will hold accelerated takeover discussions with a consortium led by Virgin Group, the battered mortgage lender said MondayMon, 26 Nov 2007 13:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/pf/virgin_america/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/pf/virgin_america/index.htmAfter years of preparation and planning, Virgin America finally took off Wednesday, despite delays caused by a summer storm in New York. But whether all the hype surrounding the new airline is anything more than hot air remains to be seen.Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399152/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399152/index.htmWith a business empire ranging from cola to cell phones to condoms, Richard Branson was once dismissed by the jolly old British business establishment as a brash, attention-grabbing American-style ... Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:18:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/technology/fastforward_branson.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/technology/fastforward_branson.fortune/index.htmI'm sailing on a Hobie Cat with Richard Branson along the shore of Necker Island, his private enclave about a mile from Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands aren't actually a part of Virgin Group, the conglomerate he founded, but sometimes it's easy to make that mistake.Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:36:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/howtosucceed_leader/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/howtosucceed_leader/index.htmlWe asked the brightest minds in business how they do what they do � and how you can cash in on their advice in the year ahead.Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:48:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/17/magazines/business2/espnmobile_mvno.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/17/magazines/business2/espnmobile_mvno.biz2/index.htmThe top guns at Walt Disney Co. had every reason to think they had a winner when they launched a wireless service, Mobile ESPN, on Super Bowl Sunday earlier this year.Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/08/01/8382250/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/08/01/8382250/index.htmBusiness 2.0 Magazine has identified the Best business ideas in the world. This is the first in a series that will appear here throughout the next month. Check back daily for updates.Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/news/newsmakers/branson/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/news/newsmakers/branson/index.htmFamed British billionaire and Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson announced Thursday he would earmark an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years towards fighting global warming.Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/04/25/branson.tips/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/04/25/branson.tips/index.htmlVirgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson lets Business Traveller viewers in on the five things that make his life easier when he is on the road.Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/18/queen.mary.2/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/18/queen.mary.2/index.htmlOnly two years old, the QM2 brings back the romance and elegance of ocean cruising so strongly that it's already a legend.Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:44:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/06/8367961/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/06/8367961/index.htmWhy are you so interested in ethanol?Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:25:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364598/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364598/index.htmThere Can't Be Two Yous WARREN BUFFETT, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/03/news/international/virginatlantic_tamiflu/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/03/news/international/virginatlantic_tamiflu/index.htmVirgin Atlantic Airways announced Wednesday it has ordered a stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu "as a purely precautionary measure" in the event of a human outbreak of bird flu.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/02/virgin.tamiflu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/02/virgin.tamiflu/index.htmlBritain's Virgin Atlantic Airways said it has ordered a stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu "as a purely precautionary measure" in the event of a human outbreak of bird flu.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:08:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358077/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358077/index.htmI MUST SAY THAT I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN RICHARD Branson. After all this time as one of the world's highest-profile entrepreneurs, he's only now beginning to deal in the world's two most precio...Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359282/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359282/index.htmThinking about health insurance is about as much fun as a root canal--unless you're Sir Richard Branson. After livening up air travel and mobile phones, the Virgin Group founder and British billion...Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/29/news/newsmakers/branson_suit/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/29/news/newsmakers/branson_suit/index.htmThe "rebel billionaire" Richard Branson started out some 30 years ago with a small company that he turned into one of the world's most recognizable brand names -- in part by making sure no one else used the word "Virgin" to sell their wares.Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlTicket to ride commuter flights to the edge of space may not be too far off -- with spaceliners departing several spaceports here in the United States.Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/07/winter.deals/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/07/winter.deals/index.htmlThe first few months of your new calendar may look startlingly blank after the jumble of entries for holiday parties and family gatherings in November and December.Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:27:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/20/381162/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/20/381162/index.htmAttention, FORTUNE readers: Dan Schulman, CEO of Virgin Mobile USA, hopes you haven't seen his company's irreverent television advertisements, which target teens and twentysomethings. "If your read...Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374401/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374401/index.htmYou're traveling on business this summer and find yourself with a few hours to kill. No client to satisfy. No kids to entertain. Just you--itching to fill your belly, slake your thirst, and relax i...Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/06/350383/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/06/350383/index.htmIt is 7 A.M., and Richard Branson has been hard at work for 2 1/2 hours, though you'd never know it by watching him. Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/06/350390/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/06/350390/index.htmThis is not a normal issue of FORTUNE. Normal issues are full of stories about the economy, markets, corporate strategy, and business leaders getting it right or wrong. This special issue is all ab...Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/10/01/349450/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/10/01/349450/index.htmTim Girskis recently strolled into Jack's Surf Shop in Huntington Beach, Calif., looking for some Mr. Zog's surfboard wax. He came out ready to buy a new mobile phone from an upstart cell-phone pro...Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/09/19/79745/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/09/19/79745/index.htmThere's no quicker way to feel old than to glance at the pop music charts and realize you've never heard any of the songs. Fortune can't do anything to raise your rock & roll IQ, but the top ten CD...Mon, 19 Sep 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71362/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71362/index.htm-- BORIS GOSTEV, 61, minister of finance for the Soviet Union, on why he may levy new taxes on companies that let pay rise faster than productivity: ''As Keynes said, there's no more destructive po...Mon, 05 Dec 1988 05:01:00 EST