US Open Championship in New York
Sir Richard Branson, CEO of the Virgin Group, watches Switzerland's Roger Federer, second seed, take on Andy Murray of Great Britain, sixth seed, during the men's final match at the U.S. Open title at the U.S. National Tennis Center on September 8, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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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.
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Millionaire Richard Branson used a morning talk show to thank Preston Morrow, who found items of missing adventurer Steve Fossett in the California mountains.
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.
