Richard Branson

...from Branson's new label: V2 Records. Branson sold Virgin Records to fund Virgin Atlantic Airways which at that time was coming under intense anti-competitive pressure from British Airways. (In 1993 BA settled a libel action brought by...

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...in Chrysalis Records, buying the outstanding 50% in 1991. In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, Thorn EMI took over Richard Branson's Virgin Records in 1992. In the early-to-mid 1980s, Thorn EMI Video Programmes...

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...too, he said. The most famous figure in the mix is Branson, the flamboyant founder of Virgin Records, Virgin Airlines and, recently, Virgin Money, which Branson reportedly wants to use as a vehicle to create Virgin Bank. Branson has...

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...to promote the financial benefit of a private individual? Re other comments: Branson sold Virgin Records to a management buy-out (?) just in advance, relatively, prior to it going bust! Just one example of the business ethics of the whitened...

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...and Hollywood, Calif., will close. Virgin Megastores, which sell compact discs, DVDs and books, are part of mogul Richard Branson's empire that includes Virgin Atlantic airlines and Virgin Music. According to Virgin's Web site, the...

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...venture was a magazine he started at age 15. Branson founded Virgin Atlantic Airways and the record label Virgin Records and runs a charity that helps small entrepreneurs in Africa. "It was a graceful way to go out on a high note,"...

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However, in 1972 he met the young Richard Branson who was setting up his own record label, Virgin Records, and after playing the demo to engineers Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth, he began recording the 1973 version of the album.

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...a willing seller in the recent past. However, Branson has a history of selling franchises, namely Virgin Records, Virgin Radio and Virgin Mobile, because he still receives revenue from licensing fees. If he decides to sell his Virgin Blue...

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