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...Branson has had a long association with the island....
...He will be replaced by Vincent Clerc, head of the Danish group’s ocean and logistics business....
...Stephen Fitzpatrick: upwardly mobile Ovo Energy founder Stephen Fitzpatrick has talked of modelling his business on Richard Branson’s Virgin empire....
...(Reuters) Spacs in space Evangelist of the blank-cheque boom Chamath Palihapitiya has sold $98m worth of stock in his intergalactic Spac venture with Richard Branson....
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...Buying suspiciously cheap prog rock LPs, swapping them for Airfix Boeing 747 kits, building a train set featuring rail-replacement buses . . . you can just see the young Sir Richard Branson....
...Sarah Gordon, FT business editor, tells the FT's Matthew Vincent that a closer look reveals a far from cohesive empire....
...Back in 1996, Ryanair’s founders managed to get Mr Bonderman to drop a planned venture he was negotiating with Richard Branson to back their company instead, writes Siobhan Creaton in her book, “Ryanair:...
...His original company, Virgin Wines, was developed with Richard Branson and taken over by Laithwaite’s in 2005....
...Richard Branson is a deserving number one for this: he has been supporting the gay community for very many years....
...Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group and another new member of the pledge, told the FT: “This makes individuals sit up and think....
...Sir Richard Branson is, I believe, a man of intelligence, charm and outstanding business acumen....
...Sir Richard Branson, Mo Ibrahim, Kumi Naidoo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sir Martin Sorrell, Donald Trump and Eike Batista share their views on the meaning of boldness in business – and what is necessary now...
...Amnesty International has denounced the situation as a clear breach of the Geneva convention and Richard Branson has offered a small Virgin Airways jet to fly them to safety....
...The wealth of Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, attracts little envy, Monk argues, because of the perception that it has been earned through hard work that has benefited customers....
...Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman, said Brown risked wasting billions of pounds to avoid the embarrassment of nationalising the bank....
...The survey also highlights the plight of Vincent Tchenguiz, the investor and property dealer....
...Vincent Cable, Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman, said the ”temporary” nationalisation of Northern Rock could still be better than the Virgin bid....
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