61. Richard Branson Launches Virgin Stem Cell Bank Virgin founder Sir richard branson has launched a dual private and public blood bank of umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells to help treat donors http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/62143.php

@import "/css/pagelayout.css"; @import "/css/default.css"; @import "/css/defaultnews.css"; health news health videos opinions forum contact ... News Archive Web Wikipedia Medical Dictionary [ link Stem Cell Research News Useful Links Richard Branson Launches Virgin Stem Cell Bank Featured Article Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Transplants / Organ Donations Pediatrics / Children's Health Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 01 Feb 2007 - 11:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article newsletters Visitor Ratings: Healthcare Professional: General Public: >> rate this article Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson has launched a dual private and public blood bank of umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells to help treat donors or their families and other people who might need it. Sir Richard said in a BBC radio interview earlier today that he got the idea for the project a number of years ago when he was visited by a senior director of the National Blood Centre asking for his support in a charitable role because children were dying through lack of umbilical cord blood. Initially Sir Richard offered 3 million pounds to the National Health Service to help them increase their storage capacity for umbilical cord blood, but this was not something the NHS was comfortable with, accepting funds from private sources. So Sir Richard decided to set up a company to do the job.

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Safari in South Africa at Ulusaba Private Game Reserve Taste the spoils of a safari in South Africa - in the peace and tranquillity of the unspoilt African bushveld. Owned by Sir Richard Branson Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is set in the heart of the Sabi Sands Game Reserve that borders the sprawling Kruger National Park in South Africa's Mpumalanga province. Ulusaba Private Game Reserve awaits as your ultimate destination for a Big Five safari in South Africa. Because Ulusaba is privately owned, you'll be able to enjoy over 13 500 hectares of unspoilt, game-rich bush in near solitude. Experienced trackers and game rangers will accompany you on game drives in open land rovers, tracking the Big Five and sharing with you their vast knowledge of the surrounding wildlife. As Ulusaba is a private game reserve, our emphasis is on exceptional personal service. Both of our luxury safari lodges cater for small groups, so your safari in South Africa is guaranteed to be exclusive and private . What's more, our attentive staff and superb facilities will ensure that being in the middle of the African bush does not need to mean foregoing creature comforts. You'll have the unique sights, sounds and smells of Africa on your doorstep - while still enjoying the kind of style and luxury you'd expect from a five star boutique hotel. Contact us today to book your luxury safari in South Africa at Ulusaba, Sir Richard Branson's Private Game Reserve.

63. What Will U.S. Air Travel Look Like In Ten Years? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freako richard branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group .. I am a great fan of richard branson, but it is unfortunate to see that he decided to make http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/what-will-us-air-travel-look-li

Home Page My Times Today's Paper Video ... Times Topics Opinion All NYT document.write(day + " " + month + " " + myweekday + ", " + year); Opinion World U.S. N.Y. / Region ... Autos October 16, 2007, 12:07 pm What Will U.S. Air Travel Look Like in Ten Years? A Freakonomics Quorum By Stephen J. Dubner airline travel over the past couple of years, covering everything from the future of pilotless airplanes to security snafus to the likelihood of an all-business-class U.S. airline That said, it is an interesting industry, complex and full of change. For providers, costs are high and rising; consumers, however, have gotten accustomed to dirt-cheap fares. For all the security hassles, scheduling woes, and general discontent, the industry is extraordinarily safe and, at the end of the day, a marvel . (FWIW, here is a recent draft paper , by the economists Severin Borenstein and Nancy L. Rose So in the tradition of past Freakonomics Quorums on the music industry street charity , and climate change Clifford Winston Richard Branson Gary Topping Patrick Smith and Josh Marks The U.S. airline market is a mess right now, with unhappiness increasing among customers, employees, and executives. While certain companies have become profitable again, the future looks murky. What will the U.S. airline industry look like in 10 years in terms of prices? Customer service? Safety? Technology? The economics of the business itself?

64. Richard Branson: What A Life It is 7 a.m., and richard branson has been hard at work for 2 1/2 hours, though you d never know it by watching him. Barefoot, clad in a navy bathing suit, http://www.mutualofamerica.com/articles/Fortune/September03/fortune.asp

Your Retirement Center Home Current Articles Money Magazine Archives Fortune Magazine Archives ... Capital Management Archives Richard Branson: What a Life 'I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living.' By Betsy Morris September 22, 2003 It is 7 a.m., and Richard Branson has been hard at work for 2 1/2 hours, though you'd never know it by watching him. Barefoot, clad in a navy bathing suit, he is lying in a hammock strung up in one corner of the great room of his Necker Island home, open to the West Indies trade winds and looking due west out over the turquoise Caribbean. He has a black composition book in his lap and the tip of a plastic ballpoint pen in his mouth. He is writing a letter to the Financial Times . "Hello," he says, looking up. "Can I get you a cup of tea?" Already this morning, from his hanging perch, he has scanned a pile of faxes and had several phone conversations in an attempt to resolve a thorny disagreement with his Australian partner, Patrick Corp., over their airline, Virgin Blue. He has begun to mend fences with T-Mobile, a Virgin partner and supplier. The portable phone in his lap rings, and he takes a message. It is Monica, over at the Fat Virgin's Cafe, wanting to know if anybody on the island can share a supply boat today; she's running out of food. He writes the message on the back of his hand so he won't forget.

65. Richard Branson - The Rebel Billionaire And The Ultimate Multipreneur In a recent poll, About.com readers selected Oprah Winfrey as the Most Admired Entrepreneur. While perhaps less well known outside of his homeland of http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/richardbranson.htm

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67. Richard Branson's Daughter Holly Enjoys Her Hospital Work : Celebrity Baby Blog Featuring photos, news, interviews, features, reviews, and style trends, the Celebrity Baby Blog (www.celebritybabies.com) is the authority for information http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/01/richard-branson.html

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68. Sir Richard Branson Talks To Saab About The Economic Benefits Of Going Green - A Saab UK has released a teaser taste of its interview with Sir richard branson on biofuels, his personal actions to reduce his carbon footprint and his http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/04/24/sir-richard-branson-talks-to-saab-about-

@import url(/media/style.css); What's happening at Sundance? AOL My AOL Mail ... Web Sir Richard Branson talks to Saab about the economic benefits of going green Posted Apr 24th 2007 5:08PM by Sebastian Blanco Filed under: Ethanol Saab Saab UK has released a teaser taste of its interview with Sir Richard Branson on biofuels, his personal actions to reduce his carbon footprint and his latest idea: creating the first carbon-neutral resort in the Caribbean, on his home of Necker Island. The interview will be published in full on Thursday at the Saab Biopower UK website In the interview, Branson says that, "I believe we need to make a virtue out of investing in clean technology and renewable energy and not be ashamed to want to make profits out of it. For too long, environmentally-friendly technology and issues about the environment have been seen as a corporate social responsibility issue and not an opportunity to create new wealth in the future. Governments alone cannot solve the problems we face unless the capitalist world invests in a sustainable future." If you can't wait two days to hear what else Mr. Virgin has to say, here's a bunch-a-Branson from the AutoblogGreen archives:

69. Larry And Lucy: Richard Branson, The Best Man Larry Page Could Find British billionaire and Virgin founder richard branson is going to be the best man in this weekend s wedding of Google. http://valleywag.com/tech/larry-and-lucy/richard-branson-the-best-man-larry-page

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70. Richard Branson Forgives Colbert, Considers Janet Jackson As Ballast - New York richard branson was late to his own party at the Box for Virgin America Airlines inaugural flight from LAX to JFK. He blamed, no joke, flight delays. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/08/richard_branson_forgives_colbe.html

Skip to content , or skip to search Home This Week's Magazine Cover Archive ... Skip to content , or skip to search Search: Entire Site Restaurants Events Hotels Stores Search: Entire Site Restaurants Events Hotels Multimedia Stores Guaranteed Lowest Price! Subscribe Today! Give a Gift Welcome, UserName Edit Profile Log Out You are not logged in Log In Register Daily Intelligencer Edited by Chris Rovzar and Jessica Pressler Someone Is Already Stealing Christmas? Party Lines 2:50 PM Richard Branson Forgives Colbert, Considers Janet Jackson as Ballast Virgin America CEO Fred Reid and Richard Branson. Photo: RD/Leon/Retna Richard Branson was late to his own party at the Box for Virgin America Airlines' inaugural flight from LAX to JFK. He blamed, no joke, flight delays. Daily Intel caught up with him and asked about the now-famous incident when he angrily splashed Stephen Colbert with a glass of water during a taping of the Colbert Report . Turns out all is forgiven. He and Virgin America CEO Fred Reid also have plans for hotels in space and fond memories of the time Branson threatened to throw Janet Jackson off a hot-air balloon. It's all after the jump. Has Stephen Colbert lost his VIP privileges after that water incident?

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72. The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog A new viral ad for Virgin s finance arm features boss richard branson splashing about in a spa tub sex romp. But will it make you sign up for a Virgin home http://blogs.smh.com.au/business/archives/2006/03/sir_richard_get.html

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73. Bloomberg.com: Worldwide 18 (Bloomberg) richard branson plans to establish a company in China to help the world s biggest emitter of climatealtering gases develop clean energy http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aul4p8g9huss&refer=home

74. Richard Branson's Global-Warming Donation Nearly As Much As Cost Of Failed Ballo LONDON—Analysts are predicting that the $3 billion Sir richard branson has pledged for developing energy http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54115

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75. Richard Branson Plans To Fly Space Tourists Into The Aurora Borealis - Born Rich richard branson, the genius behind Virgin Galactic Spaceship, is now considering new ways to get uberrich people enthused about private space tourism. http://www.bornrich.org/entry/richard-branson-plans-to-fly-space-tourists-into-t

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76. Richard Branson Takes 6 Gs Training For His Suborbital Spaceflight- And Loves It Virgin Group Founder richard branson jumped out of the centrifuge with a huge smile on his face he had just completed a simulation of all the Gs he would http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/richard-branson.html

Subscribe Renew Give a Gift Change Address ... WIRED Science Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Main Richard Branson Takes 6 Gs Training for His Suborbital Spaceflight- And Loves It By Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides Categories: Space Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson jumped out of the centrifuge with a huge smile on his face- he had just completed a simulation of all the Gs he would feel during SpaceShipTwo's suborbital launch and re-entry and was ready for the real thing. His reaction was typical of the Virgin Galactic Founder Astronauts who also got a taste of what their spaceflight will feel like by riding in the NASTAR STS-400 centrifuge outside of Philadelphia. Said one, "I loved it, loved it, loved it!" These pioneering people are the first 100 who will fly on Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, being built by aerospace marvel Burt Rutan. Branson plans to be on the inaugural flight of the ship with his son Sam, 22, and other special guests. Test flights are expected to begin as early as next year. Branson successfully completed his centrifuge training with Sam and Professor James Lovelock, 88, the scientist who created the concept of Gaia Theory. Branson said:

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78. Richard Branson Quotes 27 quotes and quotations by richard branson. richard branson Business opportunities are like buses, there s always another one coming. richard branson http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/richard_branson.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Richard Branson Quotes Type: Businessman Quotes Category: British Businessman Quotes Date of Birth: July 18 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Richard Branson Related Authors: Richard Cobden Harold S. Geneen Denis Thatcher Josiah Stamp ... Conrad Black A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. Richard Branson And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge. Richard Branson And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on. Richard Branson Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. Richard Branson Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. Richard Branson I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

79. Richard Branson Trains For Virgin Galactic Spaceflight At The NASTAR Center Southampton PA (SPX) Dec 06, 2007 Environmental Tectonics reports that richard branson, Founder of the Virgin Group, has successfully completed a space http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Richard_Branson_Trains_For_Virgin_Galactic_S

SPACE TRAVEL SPACE DAILY SPACE WAR TERRA DAILY ... ENERGY DAILY Get Our Free Newsletters Via Email Search All Our Sites at SpaceBank SPACE TRAVEL Richard Branson Trains For Virgin Galactic Spaceflight At The NASTAR Center Training at the NASTAR Center is an integral part of Virgin Galactic's spaceflight program, because during a flight, passengers will experience the same physiological stresses as professional astronauts, including elevated, sustained Gs. by Staff Writers Southampton PA (SPX) Dec 06, 2007 Environmental Tectonics reports that Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group, has successfully completed a space flight training course at the NASTAR Center, which is the National Aerospace Training and Research Center. He undertook this training in preparation for a flight aboard SpaceShipTwo, the suborbital vehicle his company Virgin Galactic is developing along with Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites. The test flying program for SpaceShipTwo and its launch aircraft WhiteKnightTwo is expected to begin in the summer of 2008, with SpaceShipTwo likely to make its first flight into space in the following year. Commercial operations are expected to begin from Spaceport America, in New Mexico, once all test flying is successfully completed and the FAA has issued a license to fly. Commenting on the NASTAR Center space flight training, Sir Richard said, "It was an amazing experience. Due to the flight simulation combined with the G forces created by the STS-400 centrifuge, I really felt like I was launching into space.

80. Richard Branson Pictures, Filmography, News, richard branson News • Spice Girls Fans Snub Homecoming richard branson Wants Natalie Imbruglia For Green TV Show More News Photo Gallery http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Branson,_Richard/index.html

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