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Richard Branson Traveled To The Edge Of Space. Here's How You Could Get A Future Ticket With A $5 Donation.
Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 5:04pm | 528Sir Richard Branson successfully flew in space as a passenger on the Unity 22 from Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE). The flight was the fourth crewed trip by the company and another step in taking its 600 future astronauts to space that will pay $200,000 to $250,000 for a seat to space....
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Who Would You Rather Work For: Ackman, Chamath, Cuban Or Thiel?
Friday, April 16, 2021 - 4:21pm | 556Each week, Benzinga surveys traders and investors to gather data on the latest trends in the market. We ventured away from strictly trading and opted for a discussion about venture capitalists. Accordingly, we posed the following question to over 500 traders and investors: Who would you...
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Fintech Focus For March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 5:35pm | 2414Quote To Start The Day: Making renewable energy from solar isn’t that complicated anymore. Source: Greg Barron-Gafford One Big Thing In Fintech: The technology needed to support ETF trading has advanced considerably in the last decade. In the past it was necessary to build in-house, but now...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Space Race Picks, Eli Lilly, GameStop, Splunk And More
Sunday, March 21, 2021 - 11:18am | 1179This weekend's Barron's cover story discusses ways to play the space race as the industry flourishes. Other featured articles offer sensible stocks for a strange market, check on how biotechs with recent initial public offerings have fared and recommend bank stocks for income investors....
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Fintech Focus For March 8, 2021
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 9:39pm | 1905Quote To Start The Day: Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Source: Bruce Lee One Big Thing In Fintech: Although it’s still early in the transition, it appears the Biden administration will nominate former Ripple advisor and former U.S. Treasury...
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Benzinga's Weekly Bulls And Bears: GameStop, Intel, Lyft, Tilray, Twitter And More
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 1:48pm | 1341Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included a social media leader, a ride-sharing play and an unloved apparel stock. A semiconductor giant, a struggling retailer and a pot stock were among the bearish calls seen...
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Virgin Galactic Falls On Space Tourism Setback: What Investors Should Know
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 10:48am | 480A test flight of the VSS Unity from Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) returned home early after an ignition failure on Saturday. The onboard computer lost connection, which the company said triggered a fail-safe scenario that intentionally halted ignition of the rocket motor. This method is...
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Why Virgin Galactic's Stock Could Rocket Higher On NASA Deal, Upcoming Flight Launch
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 2:16pm | 390Shares of former SPAC Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE) are up 140% in 2020, but could see further gains with two upcoming catalysts. NASA Deal: NASA selected Virgin Galactic as one of two new companies added to a group selected to provide flight and integration services for...
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Fintech Focus For August 4, 2020
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 11:09am | 2800Daily Perspective: Don’t count the days, make the days count. - Muhammad Ali Fintech Movers: In Latin America, women are stepping up as fintech leaders, with five times as many female-founded fintechs as the global average. - Crunchbase Quantamental investment strategy shines. Virtu...
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Are Spaceflights Just Around The Corner?
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 10:35am | 978Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE), an aerospace company, pioneering in private space flights and manufacturing of advanced air and space vehicles, announced the Q4 and end of year results. Company's key goal is to open access to space, so it is safe and affordable. Q4 brought the...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: AT&T, Kroger, Virgin Galactic And More
Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 1:32pm | 729This weekend's Barron's cover story ponders the significance of M&A in the financial sector. Other featured articles focus on recent moves by the Oracle of Omaha. Also, the prospects for a heavy equipment maker, a leading telecom, a commercial spacecraft firm and more. Cover story...
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Musk Vs. Bezos Vs. Branson: Who's Winning The Space Tourism Race?
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 4:00pm | 651Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flights is set to list its shares on the public market in the near future. Two American self-made billionaires, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are also competing with Branson to make space tourism a reality. Who Will Strike First? Virgin Galactic is a...
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Space Travel One Step Closer To Reality As Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Files To Go Public
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 8:36am | 390Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is one step closer to realizing his space-tourism dream as the company is set to list shares on a public exchange. What Happened Branson himself invested most of the more than $1 billion in capital poured into Virgin Galactic since 2004, according to The Wall...
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Virgin Galactic Moves Ahead In The Space Race
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 9:13am | 293Virgin Galactic Chief Executive George Whitesides this week revealed plans for the company's latest rocket, which will be able to carry around 400 pounds worth of satellites in to orbit for some $10 million. The rocket, called LauncherOne, is expected to be ready for its first launch by...
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Will Facebook Be Next To Adopt Bitcoin?
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 4:12pm | 325Bitcoin received another boost on Wednesday morning after news that payments made using the cryptocurrency could soon be accepted at some of the world’s largest companies. BitPay, a bitcoin payment platform, announced another victory for the currency’s adoption on Tuesday, saying...