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		<title><![CDATA[Branson to fund health push with loan facility]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sir Richard Branson has secured an $80m loan facility to fund fresh deals in financial services and healthcare in exchange for pledging part of his stake in Virgin Media to Credit Suisse.The "cap and collar" agreement would hedge the billionaire entrepreneur's exposure on about 2.5 per cent of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:52:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:26:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin America's Ownership Question]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:29:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin America Shareholders Cash Out, Airline Reports Negative 25 Percent Fourth Quarter Margin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are not looking good for Virgin America now that the airline's two major US-based shareholders have apparently returned their stakes in the carrier to Virgin Group.  If Virgin Group is still holding on to those stakes, then the carrier will be in violation of US-ownership requirements.  If...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:58:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin Media content chief quits amid sale reports]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Virgin Media's head of content, Malcolm Wall, will leave the company next month, sparking reports that Virgin has opted to sell its entire content division, which includes its 50% stake in UKTV.          Following months of speculation about a sale, company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:24:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Virgin America At Least 75 Percent American?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Travel Roundup: Alaska Questions Branson's Ownership, Delaware North Loses Asilomar, Virgin America's Unfiltered Wi-Fi and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Airlines demands inquiry into Virgin America's U.S. ownership -- Alaska AirlinesÂ petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation raising concerns about whether Virgin America wasÂ 75-percent-owned by American citizens, a federal rule for domestic carriers. The petitionÂ also inquires about the carrier'sÂ ownershipÂ by two hedge funds, Black Canyon Air Partners and Cyrus, whoÂ control the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:19:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Setanta on-demand launches on Virgin Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Setanta will provide Virgin Media&#8217;s 3.5m TV subscribers with a range of on-demand sports channels under a newly established deal. The Setanta Replay service offers major sporting fixtures, including games from the Barclays Premier League, FA Cup and England&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers. The channels will be free for Virgin...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Investors Looking to Abandon Virgin America]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're Richard Branson, you have to be getting nervous right about now.  According to the Financial Times, Virgin Group has hired Lazard to find new investors for Virgin America with the belief that the existing US-based investors may cash out.  This is an extremely serious problem for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin Media signs content partnership with ITV]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Virgin Media is set to offer ITV on-demand content, through a new partnership with the broadcaster. As part of the deal, ITV programming will be offered via the cable network both through catch-up TV and VoD, including more HD content. In total, over 40 hours of programmes will be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:08:38 -0800</pubDate>
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