<div>UPDATE 5-Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to go public by year-end</div> <!-- no image --> <div>British billionaire Richard Branson will take Virgin Galactic public by year-end, giving it the much-needed funds to take on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin in the race to space.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6qIDXe0gs4c:ssnBXtTGixs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6qIDXe0gs4c:ssnBXtTGixs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6qIDXe0gs4c:ssnBXtTGixs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6qIDXe0gs4c:ssnBXtTGixs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6qIDXe0gs4c:ssnBXtTGixs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/6qIDXe0gs4c" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters