RICHARD BRANSON

David Prend is one of the most respected investors in green technology - but even he picks some losers.

Actress Kate Winslet recently gave her fans insights into what she does in case of fire. What is the first thing she does? She puts on a bra! This may sound pretty weird -- but it is true.

Actress Kate Winslet has shared a funny anecdote on what she did when billionaire Richard Branson's private Caribbean home caught fire last August.

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has been selected to provide U.S.-based NASA with up to three charter flights on SpaceShipTwo, under a contract with a value of up to $4.5m.

Microblogging service Tumblr has raised a funding round of $85 million, led by firms and VCs including Greylock Partners and Richard Branson. The site reportedly gains more page views than Twitter and Wikipedia.

Giving tough competition to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic on the commercial space tourism front is the new six-person pod designed by the Spanish company Zero2infinity.

Although the $70 million luxury home was completely destroyed, Branson made a promise to rebuild the place in time for his daughter's wedding in November.

Hurricane Irene, growing dangerous by each passing day, left the northwestern Caribbean, triggering high waves and heavy downpours which left about one million people in the dark in Puerto Rico. According to official storm predictions, the United States' Southeast region is under threat of a potential landfall towards the end of the week.

A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.

In her most dramatic role yet Titanic actress Kate Winslet , helped carry Sir Richard Branson's 90-year-old mother to safety when a fire broke out at the British business magnate's multimillion pound luxury Caribbean retreat.

Kate Winslet and her family escaped from a fire at Richard Branson's private island home on Necker Island early Monday morning as lightning from tropical storm Irene set the place ablaze.

Energia, the designer and manufacturer of Soyuz manned spaceships, is planning a commercial flight either directly to the moon or to dock first with the International Space Station (ISS) and later pay a visit to the moon.

After Sir Richard Branson made the dream of commercial space tours a reality through his Virgin Galactic firm, a Russian firm in a similar vein is planning to launch the world's first space hotel.

He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary "Super Size Me," and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.

He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary "Super Size Me," and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.

Prince Harry wants to be a NASA astronaut?

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is known for his many exploits in the travel and tourism industry. From space tourism to new ventures in the railway sector, the British entrepreneur has a deep-set passion for high-end adventurous vehicles.

The popular Web site is set to roll out its first long-form series.

If you thought that space exploration and zero-gravity experience is only for astronauts and celebrities, then think again.

People including James Cameron and the airline titan Richard Branson, have taken aim at one of the most remote places on the planet.

the very wealthy have begun investing in private vessels to explore the other great frontier: the ocean's depths.