Richard Branson

Richard Branson has been to space. Jeff Bezos, too.But Branson and Bezos didn’t just pay for a ticket -they paid for the spaceship

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SPACs are all the rage on Wall Street these days. There have been a record-breaking 60 blank-cheque listings so far this year, which raised US$24.3 billion, compared with 59 last year, which raised US$13.6 billion.

SINGAPORE (Oct 2): A tycoon turned politician who opposes Thailand’s military government has criticised its US$5.6 billion ($7.7 billion) high-speed rail project with China because hyperloop technology offers a more modern alternative.

(Aug 22): Think billionaires and outer space and three names quickly come to mind: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.