Private venture flies into history
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Judging by the thousands of spectators who made the trek to Mojave to watch SpaceShipOne fly early Monday morning, a lot of people are still interested in space flight.
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Company competes in Baja 1000 as a way to build its name and test its technology.
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European theme parks are drawing investors, most notably from private equity funds.
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Bellevue-based Expedia is getting ready to fly on its own as a separate public company -- the second time in five years that the world&#39;s largest online travel agency has been unshackled from a corporate parent.
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Sir Richard Branson&#39;s new venture, Virgin Galactic, follows his signing of a $25 million deal to use technology perfected by the California-based team that made the first privately funded flight
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Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.
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The private sector joins the space community with a successful sub-orbital flight above the Mojave Desert.
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The equipment manufacturer may have hit its peak.
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The company is in a phase of explosive growth, and that costs money.
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One new stock has left quite a footprint.
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The Texas Pacific Group is demonstrating how private equity financiers have become catalysts in reshaping business in Europe.
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Durham, N.C., is working with private developers to use history as a teaching experience while rebuilding a commercial district.
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Two decades ago, a young accountant pioneered the now-$17 billion-a-year private student loan industry through a tiny nonprofit company with a noble goal: helping students pay for college.
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Burt Rutan isn&#39;t one to mince words. Just minutes after the world&#39;s first privately funded space craft touched down at the Mojave (Calif.
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Often dismissed as a quirky pipe dream, it took a thrill-seeking mogul to energize one of mankind's oldest desires. By James Lee from Wired magazine.
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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Investors are now searching for a holy grail that symbolizes wealth in both profits and whatâs good for the environment.