Virgin keen to invest in telecom
302621
New Delhi: When someone as colourful as the Chairman of the Virgin group, Sir Richard Branson, comes visiting there is bound to be some fun and games.
439517
- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $506 million in an initial public offering of Class A common stock, up from its earlier filing to raise up to $100 million.
566667
Private equity group Carlyle is poised to launch an $8 billion bid for Britain's Virgin Media , the cable company whose largest shareholder is Richard Branson, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said, citing City sources.
162967
Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson promises to turn the new Airbus A380 into an airborne gaming hall.
637954
The Virgin consortium has been told it  is the front-runner to rescue ailing British bank Northern Rock  Plc  but it needs to improve its offer over the  alternative of nationalization, a person familiar with the  matter said.
571675
Entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group, private equity firm Olivant and an in-house team are all expected to lodge rescue bids for stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC on Monday.
322656
Virgin Atlantic is considering buying 10 longhaul aircraft worth about $3 billion to enter service around 2012.
443380
When Virgin Group  Chairman Richard Branson put his brand on a U.S. mobile telephone service two years ago, there appeared to be scant space for newcomers to the crowded market.
77760
Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (Â£1.6bn) to fight global warning.
500194
British entrepreneur Richard Branson is  to add a stem cell storage company to his sprawling Virgin  empire, a brand that already covers everything from cola and  lingerie to airlines and space tourism.
447273
Virgin Mobile is in talks with several Chinese mobile operators about starting operations in the country. Richard Branson&#39;s mobile arm works with carriers as a Virtual Mobile Operator - it provides the marketing
317565
British conglomerate Virgin Group Ltd. announced Tuesday that it is in talks with a mainland Chinese telecommunications company to set up a joint venture to provide mobile services in China.
188590
Sir Richard Branson&#39;s budget airline, Virgin Express, seems likely to disappear from the skies in two years&#39; time under the terms of a long-awaited merger with Belgium&#39;s SN Brussels.
218973
Carlyle's cash could come in handy Analysis: Private equity group Carlyle is bidding to take over Virgin Media, the UK's cable monopoly formerly known as NTL. We reckon Branson should take the money. He could get shot of the debt-burdened albatross, and put the money to good use elsewhere in the Virgin telco empire.â¦
393474
The Virgin chief Sir Richard Branson announced his company has signed an agreement potentially worth Â£14 million to secure the world&#39;s first commercial flights to space.
652368
Juniper Research expects the global mobile-TV market to grow tenfold by 2012, despite Virgin Mobile's unsuccessful attempt.
122651
Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson wants to buy back Singapore Airlines&#39; 49-percent share of the carrier he founded in 1984, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday.