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Virgin Galactic future at Spaceport uncertain
The deal was sold to New Mexicans in classic Richard Branson fashion. If taxpayers would build the colorful British businessman a $209 million ...
Delta grabs bigger share of key NY-London route
Delta Air Lines is grabbing a bigger share of the world's most important travel route: New York to London. The airline is paying $360 million for ...
Stocks gain on budget talk optimism, Fed stimulus
Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street for the fifth day in a row as traders hoped for more progress in budget talks being held in Washington.
AP source: Delta-Virgin Atlantic deal is close
Delta Air Lines Inc. is close to buying a stake in Virgin Atlantic for between $300 million to $500 million, a person familiar with the negotiations ...
Delta Air eyes bigger slice of NY-London travel
The skies between London and New York are full of business travelers, and Delta Air Lines wants more of them. Delta is looking into buying a big stake ...
Singapore in talks to sell Virgin Atlantic stake
Singapore Airlines said Monday it's in talks to sell its 49 percent stake in billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic. The airline said in a ...
Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake
Delta Air Lines Inc. is mulling the purchased of a 49 percent stake in British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways from Singapore Airlines Ltd., according ...
Branson: Virgin space project keeps being delayed
British billionaire Richard Branson says his space tourism project keeps being pushed back and isn't sure of an exact date for the first launch.
Clintons land in Haiti to showcase industrial park
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged foreigners to invest in Haiti as she and her husband Bill led a star-studded delegation gathered ...
Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US
Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage — or pond — and into yours. The Quadski — a one-person all-terrain vehicle that ...
UK government ditches rail contract
The British government's rail policy was thrown into chaos Wednesday after it canceled a disputed contract to run one of the country's busiest lines ...
Correction: Spaceport-Will They Come? story
In a story Sept. 22 about Spaceport America, The Associated Press reported erroneously the cost of the project to taxpayers. The cost was $209 ...
Ridgway stepping down as Virgin Atlantic CEO
Virgin Atlantic CEO Steve Ridgway is retiring early next year, following 23 years with the British airline founded by Richard Branson. Since he joined ...
Nigerian airline collapses as industry struggles
Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, this West African nation's second-largest airline, and its staff hadn't ...
Virgin in court bid to keep rail franchise
Virgin Trains says it will go to court in its campaign to hold onto the west coast rail franchise between London and Scotland. Virgin, which announced ...
Virgin lobbies for UK rail franchise rethink
Britain's opposition Labour Party urged the government on Monday to delay signing a major rail contract as Virgin Group boss Richard Branson led a ...
A region-by-region look at Hurricane Irene's toll
Hurricane Irene and its remnants raked the Caribbean, the eastern U.S. and Canada for more than a week a year ago. Though it never hit the U.S.
Virgin loses high-profile UK rail franchise
Virgin Trains will lose its franchise to operate the busy London to Scotland west coast route after being outbid by a rival. Virgin was joined by ...
Branson to take his children on first space flight
The first space flight of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic venture will be a family affair: The billionaire adventurer confirmed Wednesday he will ...
Alicia Keys' nonprofit to honor Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is getting a tribute from Alicia Keys. Keys announced Tuesday that her organization, Keep a Child Alive, will honor Winfrey at its Black ...
Chimp champ Goodall crusades against deforestation
Even in the veritable tower of Babel that is the United Nations' largest-ever conference, it's safe to assume that Jane Goodall was the only one ...
Who's landing the big interviews after Oprah?
Since Oprah Winfrey packed up the couch that Tom Cruise jumped on and ended her daytime talk show last year, no one has truly filled her role as the ...
Nigeria's 2nd-largest airline grounded for checks
Regulators grounded Air Nigeria for safety checks Wednesday, while the company's top executive claimed instead that he had stopped flights from the ...
Lucky, a little dog with a big mission, dies in NY
A little dog with a big mission and a pack of celebrity sidekicks has lost her battle with cancer. Lucky Diamond died Tuesday, in her dog bed at her ...