Branson to launch stem-cell bank
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Sir Richard Branson plans to start a company which will let families store stem cells from their child's umbilical cord.
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Sir Richard Branson hopes his new company will be the first to send adventuresome tourists into space. Branson, founder of airlines, entertainment and telecom holding company Virgin Group, announced Monday
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LONDON - The founder of Virgin Atlantic Airlines is spreading his wings. No longer content with conquering the skies, Richard Branson has set his sights higher-- much higher.
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Tycoon Richard Branson unveiled his newest spaceship and said that test flights for the vessel would begin this year.
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Shares of StemCells Inc. rose 11  percent on Tuesday as the company announced plans to start an  early-stage clinical trial involving the use of brain stem  cells to treat Batten disease, a rare but fatal genetic disease  that attacks the central nervous systems of children.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces an agreement to secure the first commercial flights into space.
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Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire British entrepreneur Richard Branson, said it will begin selling a portable music player to compete with Apple Computer Inc.
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British tycoon Richard Branson announced a plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future.
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British airline magnate Richard Branson says his company will begin launching paying customers into outer space by 2007 on the world&#39;s first commercial space flights.
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Entrepreneur and part-time daredevil Richard Branson plans to launch the world&#39;s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has pledged to donate $3bn (Â£1.6bn) to fight global warning.
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Sept. 27 - British billionaire Sir richard Branson announced today (Monday) his latest venture will be out of this world. Branson is launching &quot;Virgin Galactic&quot;, which will build 5 space craft capable flying more than 80 miles above the earth.
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Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson unveiled part of his Virgin Galactic spacecraft, expressing hope that millions will be able to travel into space in coming decades and vowing to do his part to make that a reality.
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British business mogul Richard Branson on Thursday pledged to invest about $3 billion over the next decade to combat global warming and promote alternative energy, saying that it was critical to protect the environment for future generations.
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Summary - (Sep 27, 2004) Entrepreneur Richard Branson announced today that his company, Virgin Galactic, will be taking Scaled Composite&#39;s SpaceShipOne to the next logical step, and offer flights to the public.
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Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged 100,000 pounds for a legal fund to defend the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, the Sunday Times reported.
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Famed British billionaire and Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson announced Thursday he would earmark an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years toward fighting global warming.