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NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
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Virgin America's Ownership Question
BNET
- 2009-03-20
I've written several posts around the question of whether or not Virgin America should be considered "American" (here, here, and here, to start). Now, after having some more time to think about it, I thought I'd spend a little more time on this question. by Brett Snyder
Is Virgin America At Least 75 Percent American?
BNET
- 2009-02-12
Is Virgin America under foreign control? That's what Virgin America competitor Alaska Airlines would like the U.S. Department of Transportation to find out. The federal agency, which requires all domestic airlines to be 75 percent American-owned, was asked by Alaska to go over Virgin America's recent business dealings. ...
Travel Roundup: Alaska Questions Branson's Ownership, Delaware North Loses Asilomar, Virgin America's Unfiltered Wi-Fi and More
BNET
- 2009-02-11
Alaska Airlines demands inquiry into Virgin America's U.S. ownership -- Alaska Airlines petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation raising concerns about whether Virgin America was 75-percent-owned by American citizens, a federal rule for domestic carriers. The petition also inquires about the carrier's ownership by two hedge funds, Black Canyon Air Partners and Cyrus, who control the...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
- 2008-04-07
Apr 7, 2008 Boeing is trapped in a nightmare as delays on the production of its 787 Dreamliner are causing airlines to raise hell. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are in talks with Boeing over expected delivery delays for the 787 Dreamliner aircraft they ordered in 2007. This is...
AirAsia X to sell 20 percent stake to Japan's Orix, Bahrain fund
- 2008-02-12
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's AirAsia X will raise 75 million dollars by selling a 20 percent stake in the budget carrier to private equity funds from Japan and Bahrain, an airline official said Wednesday. "The money will be used to fund the purchase of 25 Airbus A330-300 for...
Do or die deadline looms for sale.
- 2008-01-31
Byline: Chancellor's bond plan leads to renewed Rock interest from Flowers, but Virgin still has the nod from the Treasury While the option of nationalising Northern Rock has not been ruled out, the latest proposal to sell the mortgage lender's estimated AGBP38bn debt as...
Treasury backs private owners; Rock boost as Government bonds scheme unveiled
- 2008-01-21
Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter TREASURY bosses today revealed new funding plans to help back a private sale of Northern Rock. Shares in the bank sank to new lows last week amid fears the Rock would be nationalised. But a potential private sector deal has been...
Virgin planning to publicly list businesses: CEO
- 2007-08-19
LONDON AFP — Virgin Group, which runs airline Virgin Atlantic and other well-known brands, is planning to publicly list companies it owns on the stock market, the group's chief executive said in an interview published on Monday. Speaking to The Times, Stephen Murphy, who is also the head of...
Branson's Virgin Group takes 20 percent of Malaysia's AirAsia
- 2007-08-09
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Richard Branson's Virgin Group is taking a 20 percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia long-haul carrier, with the British billionaire vowing Friday to pilot the project into profitability. "Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group is our new strategic global investment partner," said Kalimullah Hassan of Fly...
The money doctor: much has been written recently about the retirement of Anthony Bolton from the Fidelity Special Situations fund and the effect his could have on future returns. It wasn't so long ago that the active fund manager was being written off. Wh
- 2006-06-01
Do you remember the late 90s and the well publicised spat that took place between Richard Branson's Virgin group and Fidelity over the merits or otherwise of paying higher fees for active management of funds? Now Anthony Bolton, one of the finest active fund managers of his generation, is...
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