Virgin Announes Flat 49.99 Mobile Plan, Shares Rise 17%

With the current rise in unemployed and a growing economic terror, companies are trying to find new ways to stay afloat or in a few cases thrive. Virgin Mobile just announced a flat 49.99 mobile rate and it's share price in turn rose 17% or 26 cents. Another action the mobile company has taken was to give those who have become recently unemployed breaks on their phone bills during the economic hardship.

Virgin Mobile currently has 5 million subscribers worldwide.