BLOOMBERG Richard Branson was long a force to be reckoned with in the booming private space business. The British serial entrepreneur beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos to the first cosmic tourist trip with his Virgin Galactic venture. Branson’s second space foray, Virgin Orbit, strapped rockets under the wing of a jumbo jet to launch satellites on their flight path, complete …

BLOOMBERG Ocado Group Plc said sales rose in the first quarter as new customers signed up to its online grocery business with Marks & Spencer Group Plc amid a rising cost-of-living crisis. Sales rose 3% on the year before and customers rose by nearly 14% during the period. Ocado expects to build on this momentum to return to sales growth …

DUBAI / WAM United Airlines has launched a new nonstop daily service between its New York/Newark hub and Dubai International (DXB). United is the only US airline to offer non-stop flights between Dubai and the United States, flying to more destinations in the Middle East than any other US airline. The new service marks United’s return to Dubai, which the …