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Number of Employees 30,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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Virgin Seeks Bank Role
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Virgin Money Chooses Jaspersoft to Support Web-Based Charitable Giving Programs --Jaspersoft's reporting and analysis applications...
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Dynamic Infrastructure sponsored by IBM
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Virgin Galactic Aiming For IPO
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Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada
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Richard Branson's Social Travel Site: A Strange Game of Twister or Waste of Time?
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Virgin's Branson Still Keen on Northern Rock and bmi
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Virgin denies impure thoughts about Playboy
Virgin is denying that it plans to acquire the assets of adult entertainment group Playboy Enterprises, in response to industry speculation that it is eyeing Hugh Hefner's ailing adult empire. According to a spokesperson from Virgin, ?reports that Virgin Group is looking to buy Playboy Enterprises ... are untrue.?...
How the Helio Buyout Process Went: Virgin Mobile Wanted To Bring In a Retail and Financial Investor
Virgin Mobile USA bought Helio earlier this year, for a paltry $39 million in equity and getting $50 million in investment from British parent Virgin Group and SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM). That we reported on in detail at that time. Now finally, VMUSA has filed details of how the...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
Aug 31, 2008 Virgin Group is SNA's largest shareholder at 29.9% as a result of the merger of Brussels-based LCC Virgin Express with full-service competitor SN Brussels Airlines in 2006. Lufthansa's interest in Brussels Airlines coincides with its confirmed interest in bidding for the Austrian government's stake in Austrian...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
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...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
Feb 25, 2008 Boeing VP-Sales Ray Conner said here that the 747-8I is a major focus of the company's sales efforts and it hopes to secure orders for the aircraft this year. ANA, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic are considered targets. Boeing has sold the 747-8I to Lufthansa and...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
Jan 21, 2008 Qantas Airways said all domestic carriers experienced a decline in reliability in the second half of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. A spokesman said Qantas did better than Virgin Blue throughout 2007. However, November had been a particularly bad month for weather on...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
Jan 14, 2008 Strike off for Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic cabin crew will not strike tomorrow Jan. 9 after the Unite union agreed to a two-year deal of a 4.8% increase on basic pay in year one and then rising with inflation in the second. Both 48h strikes ...
Company Watch - Virgin Group
Jan 7, 2008 Some all business-class carriers plan to expand. Three startup carriers that operate all business-class flights say they plan to expand in 2008, and British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will experiment with a similar format, The New York Times' Joe Sharkey writes. On Jan. 9, British Airways...
Virgin's Branson to form alliance with AirAsia for long-haul ops
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Asian low-cost airline pioneer Tony Fernandes looks set to score a major coup with British businessman Richard Branson coming on board to help get his struggling, high-risk long-haul venture off the ground, analysts said Tuesday. Branson of Virgin Group is to take a 20 percent...
VIRGIN SEEKS SPACE TRAVEL PARTICIPANTS IN CHINA
AsiaInfo Services 11-01-2006 Virgin Seeks Space Travel Participants in China SHANGHAI, Nov 01, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The UK's Virgin Group is seeking five to six passengers in Chinese-speaking region to participate in its space travel i AsiaInfo Services...



