NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Virgin Group Ltd. head Richard Branson was forced to give up on a trans-Atlantic record attempt out of New York due to poor weather, a company spokesman says.
LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- British billionaire Richard Branson's latest endeavor is the Virgin Money, a 99-foot yacht he wants to take on a record-breaking sail across the Atlantic.
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson said the near-collapse of Halifax Bank of Scotland threatened Virgin Atlantic.
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Ben Ainslie of Britain won the Olympic Finn sailing class for the second straight Games Sunday.
QUINGDAO, China, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A lack of wind on the Olympic sailing course Saturday forced the postponement of the first two medal races of the Beijing Games.
QUINGDAO, China, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Ben Ainslie of Britain maintained a 12-point lead Friday over American Zach Railey with one race remaining in the Olympic Finn sailing class.
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Thunderstorms forced the postponement of sailing competition Thursday at the Olympics, creating a backlog of races for Friday.
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- American Anna Tunnicliffe took the lead Tuesday after the first day of Olympic sailing in the radial class.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper said he was thrilled to share scenes with Ben Kingsley in their new film, "Elegy."
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- American Zach Railey took the lead Sunday in the Finn class of the Olympic sailing competition.
QINHUANGDAO, China, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Boats from Poland and Britain were in front Saturday after the opening races of the Olympic sailing competition.
LOS ANGELES, July 28 (UPI) -- British tycoon Richard Branson was in California's Mohave Desert Monday to unveil his new space plane, which would offer the first commercial spaceflight.
LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Virgin Atlantic is planning an aviation milestone, a flight from London to Amsterdam in the Netherlands using biofuel.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A woman got quite a surprise when she went to check on her Michigan vacation home and found a young deer trapped inside.
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Entrepreneur Richard Branson has sold Britain's and Ireland's Virgin Megastores, the record chain that helped launch his empire 36 years ago.
