Making Work More Productive
Since we started in businesses Virgin have always wanted to make people's lives better. Not just our customers but also the talented and driven group of people that make up our Virgin family. As the...
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9 Women Who Are Taking The Lead In Places Where Men Rule
Some have said that business is a man’s domain -- but recently, women across the world have been proving their naysayers wrong. According to the World Bank, women-owned firms in the United States...
View ArticleSubway Performers Emerge From The Underground To Become Viral Rockstars
Meet the talented trio that has taken the Internet by storm. Too Many Zooz, an instrumental group known for playing in New York City's Union Square subway station, has come out from underground to...
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#NoMakeupSelfie Campaign Accidentally Helps Polar Bear Instead Of Cancer...
A social media craze involving women around the world posting selfies while wearing no make-up has raised millions of pounds for a British cancer charity -- despite some money accidentally going to the...
View Article'Nobody Wants a European Super-state'
Guy Verhofstadt is the Liberals' leading candidate for the European elections and a strong advocate of a federal Europe. He sat down with Max Tholl to talk about a ban on political visions, why...
View ArticleWill the U.S. Fund Russian Gas Exports?
As the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine grows, Western governments are talking tough about sanctions against Russia. President Obama and the European Union have now leveled sanctions against Russian and...
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These Are The Places In The World Where You Can 'Suspend' A Coffee For...
"It's about more than coffee," John Sweeney says. And he means it. For the last year, the 29-year-old father of four has worked from his home in Cork, Ireland, on an international movement called...
View ArticleJapanese Girl Shreds Guitar, Gender Stereotypes, With Face-Melting Metal Solo
Just because she's nearly the same size as her instrument doesn't mean this Japanese girl's metal solo won't melt your face clean off. Known on YouTube only as Li-sa-x, the 8-year-old shared this video...
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Facebook Acquires Virtual Reality Company Oculus VR For $2 Billion
Facebook's stepping into the world of virtual reality. The company announced on Tuesday afternoon it has reached a deal to acquire Oculus VR, a company paving new roads in the field, for $2 billion....
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Toxic Lead Widespread In World's Largest Paint Market
Bright yellows, reds, blues and greens coat a day care center's walls, fence, slide and swing. More colorful paints peel from tables inside a kindergarten classroom. "Unfortunately, it's a common...
View ArticleUkrainian Troops Leave Crimea
FEODOSIA, Crimea (AP) — As former comrades saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces, Ukrainian marines in Crimea piled into buses Tuesday to head back to the mainland. It was a...
View ArticleMilitary-backed house cleaning extends to Egyptian soccer
By James M. Dorsey Efforts by Egypt's military-backed government to clean the country not only of its political critics but also of businessmen with close ties to ousted President Hosni Mubarak...
View ArticleAs Iran Nuclear Negotiations Begin, Threat of Increased Sanctions Looms Large
Last week Iran and the so-called P5+1 countries -- Russia, China, Britain, France, the U.S., plus Germany -- began a new round of negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna. While perhaps...
View ArticlePentagon: Benghazi Probes Cost Millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Congress' multiple investigations of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, have cost the department millions of dollars and...
View ArticleQuadruple Amputee Soldier Says Each Day Is A Challenge, But One That Can Be...
Retired Staff Sgt. Travis Mills has come a long way since he struggled to look in the mirror after he lost all four limbs. The husband and father was critically injured after stepping on an IED while...
View ArticleMothers Allegedly Forced Into Prostituion By Pimps In Mexico Holding Children...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors said Tuesday they have freed two children held by pimps who used their hold over the young girls to force their mothers into prostitution in the United States....
View ArticleWhat Happened When This Man 'Dropped' His Wallet 50 Times In Public
This social experiment showed that (most) people are truly good. The video above, called "The Honesty Test," was shot in Opole, Poland, and was posted to YouTube earlier this month. In the video, a man...
View ArticlePat Robertson Compares Gay Relationships To Abortion, Recalls Days When LGBT...
Pat Robertson is at it again. The conservative evangelist, who was named "Bigot of the Year" at the 2013 Stonewall Awards, took to "The 700 Club" this week, where he argued that Jesus Christ wouldn't...
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Obama Defends Iraq Invasion: At Least America 'Sought' To Get UN Backing
President Barack Obama defended the American invasion of Iraq Wednesday in a high-profile speech to address the Russian takeover of Crimea. Russian officials, Obama noted, have pointed to the U.S....
View ArticleAbdel Fattah el-Sisi Resigns From Military, Will Run For President
CAIRO (AP) — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced Wednesday that he has resigned from the military and will run for...
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