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A woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she would have to spend $8,000 on flights to claim the prize
An Australian woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she will have to pay thousands on fli…
Mikhaila Friel
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Miami and Space - the new battlegrounds for tech's top egos
In this week's edition of the Insider Tech newsletter we look at the two hottest destinations in te…
Alexei Oreskovic
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Virgin Atlantic just operated the world's first transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Here's why critics aren't convinced it's game-changing.
The aviation industry needs to produce 120 billion gallons of biofuels a year by 2050 to reach net-…
Taylor Rains
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Virgin Galactic falls 9% after founder Richard Branson unloads $150 million stake in the company
Despite the share sale, Branson remains the largest shareholder of the spaceflight company, owning …
Matthew Fox
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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman shares the lesson Richard Branson taught him about leading a company - and why he thinks more companies need to adopt it
From 2001 to 2009, Branson served as a mentor to Schulman, who was CEO of Virgin Mobile at the time.
Marguerite Ward,Shannen Balogh
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Billionaire Richard Branson to raise $400 million for new SPAC as it looks to expand its Virgin empire
VG Acquisition Corp, the new blank check company, plans to sell 40 million units at a price of $10 …
Saloni Sardana
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Richard Branson is leading a campaign to end the death penalty, along with other key business figures. The Virgin Group founder said there is an urgent need to abolish the practice.
A coalition of global business figures, led by the Virgin Group founder, is calling for capital pun…
Zahra Tayeb
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Tim Cook and Richard Branson are among the business leaders reacting to the Ukraine invasion
Many tech CEOs have offered little or no public response to the crisis — but a few have spoke…
Stephen Jones
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Mila Kunis says she regrets not letting Ashton Kutcher go to space: 'So selfish of me'
Kutcher was due to fly into space on a Virgin Galactic flight, but after he had a child with Kunis …
Jacob Sarkisian
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7 People Who Were “Born To Inspire”
Here are 7 pics by WittyFeed that will give you a quick glimpse of the challenges and failures thes…
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I started a company to welcome more people of color into the predominantly-white yacht industry here's how I built my business
"I wanted people to visit my website and see people that looked like them," Sheila Ruffin said abou…
Jenny Powers
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Watch Owen Wilson and 'SNL' make fun of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson in a mock trailer for 'Star Trek: Ego Quest'
The sketch for "Star Trek: Ego Quest" follows Jeff Bezos' mission "to just sort of fly around space…
Grace Kay
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A Virgin Galactic ticket holder who met Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk at parties said the 82-year-old had 'the energy of 6,000 labradors'
Caroline Freeland, who bought a Virgin Galactic space ticket, said she met 82-year-old Wally Funk a…
Kate Duffy
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Virgin Hyperloop lays off half of its employees as it pivots away from passenger travel
The hyperloop transport company laid off over 100 employees as it shifts its focus from passenger t…
Yoonji Han
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Richard Branson hits back at critics of the billionaire space race, saying he's giving jobs to scientists to create 'wonderful things'
The billionaire Virgin Galactic founder says pressing issues on Earth should be absolutely funded, …
Aleeya Mayo
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Elon Musk showed up in Richard Branson's kitchen at 3 a.m. to wish him luck flying to the edge of space
The SpaceX founder visited Virgin Galactic's New Mexico launch facilities to watch Branson climb ab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Billionaire Richard Branson is set to beat Jeff Bezos to space on Sunday. Their launches will differ in 3 big ways.
Virgin Galactic's space plane, called SpaceShipTwo, rockets to about 55 miles above the Earth, givi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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AMC short sellers are digging in despite a 5-day rally in the stock that's driven billions in losses, data shows
New data suggest short sellers haven't covered their positions amid the AMC stock rally but have in…
Natasha Dailey
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Jeff Bezos just launched to the edge of space. Here's how Blue Origin's plans stack up to SpaceX and Virgin Galactic.
Bezos envisions a moon base, while Musk dreams of a Mars colony. Branson's Virgin Galactic may make…
Tim Levin
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Investor Chamath Palihapitiya cashed out his entire personal stake in Virgin Galactic for $211 million
The space-tourism group's chairman, who sold a chunk of his shares in December to free up cash, sti…