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• Yahoo! signs mobile search deal with Virgin

  Strategy Eye - 2008-12-01

  Virgin Media is signing Yahoo! as its exclusive mobile search partner. The deal makes Yahoo!'s mobile search engine oneSearch available to Virgin. The service goes live on December 8 with the relaunch of Virgin's mobile web portal. The deal marks...

  Tags: Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Mobile Search, Virgin Media, Mobile Search Service, Advertising & Promotion, Portals, Search, Marketing, Internet, Microsoft, Virgin Group, Virgin Mobile, Yahoo!, Andrew McDonald

• Company Watch - Virgin Group

  - 2008-09-08

  Sep 7, 2008 Polynesian Blue, the joint venture between Virgin Blue and the Samoan government, reported a pre-tax profit of NZ$9.2 million ($6.5 million) in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 71% from the NZ$5.4 million earned the prior year, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reported. On...

  Tags: consortium, Government, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Fetzer Vineyards.(Brief article)

  - 2007-02-01

  Fetzer Vineyards was named a 2007 Brand With A Conscience by the Medinge Group, an international think-tank focusing on branding and business. The award was presented in France, and Fetzer was among a group that included Whole Foods, Virgin Group, IKEA, Adnams, Ecover, Freeplay and RED....

  Tags: brand, Branding, France, IKEA, MARKETING, Virgin Group, Whole Foods

• Low–cost Virgin America airline hopes to take off in early 2007

  - 2006-12-22

  WASHINGTON AFP — A new airline called Virgin America said it had passed a major hurdle in its bid to gain approval for domestic US service, and hopes to start passenger flights by early 2007. The wannabe low-cost airline has been licensed to use the "Virgin" brand by Britain's Virgin...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Branding, Manufacturing, MARKETING, Quality, Virgin Group

• Virgin will stay cheap.(Virgin Blue Airlines' fares)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-02-06

  Feb 06, 2005 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) Sir Richard Branson wants Australian airline, Virgin Blue, to retain cheap fares. Patrick Corporation, which owns 45.4 per cent, has made a takeover offer. Patrick said that it was not possible to sustain a price...

  Tags: MARKETING, Qantas Airways Ltd., Virgin Group

• Virgin Mobile USA mulling two-billion-dollar flotation

  - 2004-11-22

  LONDON AFP — Virgin Mobile USA, the mobile telephone operator jointly owned by Virgin Group and Sprint, is considering an initial public offering next year that could value the business at about two billion dollars (1.53 billion euros). The Financial Times, citing unidentified sources close to the company Monday,...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, FINANCE, IPO, MARKETING, mobile, Virgin Group, Virgin Mobile

• Leading radio producers team up in Thai provinces.

  - 2004-10-21

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21--The country's leading radio producers, Traffic Corner Radio Co TCR and Virgin BEC-Tero Radio Service Thailand Co, have teamed up to boost their presence in provincial markets, strengthening their first flagship FM radio...

  Tags: Bangkok Post, MARKETING, radio, team, Virgin, Virgin Group

• Virgin to fly Down Under

  - 2004-06-25

  Virgin is due to start flights to Sydney from Heathrow on December 7. Virgin Atlantic has confirmed the start of Australia services in time for the Christmas peak despite still awaiting final permission from regulators. The airline will commence flights to Sydney on December 7,...

  Tags: Australia, Government, MARKETING, Qantas Airways Ltd., Regulations, Sydney, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• The accountant who turned a few pints into $78m.

  - 2003-11-12

  Nov 10, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The CEO of Virgin Blue Airlines in Australia, Brett Godfrey, will receive 34.75 million shares in the airline's forthcoming public float. The budget airline announced the December float on 10 November 2003, and...

  Tags: accountant, Australia, Branson, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group

• Boston Seeks to Lure Headquarters of British Discount Airline.

  - 2003-11-11

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--Boston officials are making a serious push to land the headquarters of a low-cost airline being launched by the owners of Virgin Atlantic Airways, an effort that could vastly increase the discount air fare...

  Tags: Boston, Branding, Leadership, MARKETING, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group