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Could Richard Branson lose his playground in paradise? His Australian airline has collapsed, and now the billionaire tax exile is begging for a government bailout to save Virgin Atlantic, even offering to mortgage his sun-drenched Caribbean retreat

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Virgin Australia, the country’s second biggest aviation company, went into voluntary administration after failing to secure a £710 million bailout from authorities, the largest airline victim of the crisis so far. We were still in the early days of Virgin Records and I by no means had the cash to buy an island,’ he said.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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In an effort to continue this success, GSA is evaluating the building rating tools at its disposal, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. 2 B Green Profitably. Bank of America. Green and Profitable. Virgin Islands Energy Office. LEED is the most widely used high?performance