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Virgin Atlantic Squeezing Jet Fuel Out Of Industrial Waste

Even though airlines are just starting to adopt traditional biofuels, Virgin is already ditching them for a new fuel made from the leftovers of steel manufacturing.READ»

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Pinched By A Virgin

How "special" Legos, "stolen" salt shakers, and mysterious airport packages help brands over-deliver.READ»

Love Thy Customer

Rumor has it that we're becoming a service-based economy. Some say we'll be a country doing nothing else in the not-so-distant future. While I don't buy into that extreme, if it's remotely close to the truth, then most of us have an enormous amount of work to do. READ»

C'Mon Get App-y! The Self-Help Section Comes to Your iPhone

Angry? Sad? Stressed? Starring the new slew of of Apps aimed at your mental well-being are a cognitive behavior "referee," a photon energy "buddy," and ... Richard Branson. READ»

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Biofuels Take Flight

Continental Airlines' biofuel-powered test flight sets the industry's course toward brighter skies.READ»

Virgin Atlantic's 25th Anniversary

  It's ironic that the world's sexiest airline -- RIP, Hooters Air -- is still a Virgin. But these days, that's a good thing. As older carriers battle bad press (say, U.S. Airways) and financial woes (pretty much everyone ...READ»

Virgin America Now Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Virgin America, the low-cost airline known for cabin mood lighting and satellite TV access, is set to become the first U.S. airline to report carbon emissions through the Climate Registry, a nonprofit that calculates and reports ...READ»