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Pearson PLC

Pearson PLC
Company namePearson plc
Company typePublic limited company
(Lse - PSON
Nyse - PSO)
IndustryMedia
Education
Founded1844
Headquarters80 Strand
London, United Kingdom
Key peopleGlen Moreno (Chairman)
Dame Marjorie M. Scardino (CEO)
ProductsBooks
Newspapers
Revenue£5.663 billion (2010)
Operating income£743 million (2010)
Net income£1,300 million (2010)
Employees37,000 (2010)

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Pearson plc (Lse - PSON; Nyse - PSO) is a global media and education company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is both the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world, with consumer imprints including Penguin, Dorling Kindersley and Ladybird. It also owns the Financial Times Group, which is the publisher of the Financial Times.

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Marjorie Scardino has been CEO since 1997.

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Annick Adjo founder of Atelier Annick Ltd, Winner of Best Start Up Business at 2008 Precious Awards talks to journalist Fritha Sutherland.
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Samata Angel of Samata's Muse, The 2008Precious Young Entrepreneur of the Year
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Paschorina J Mortty of The One Event talks to Fritha Sutherland after winning the Best Service category at the 2008 Precious Awards
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Sales up 8 Percent at Financial Times - News On News Tweet this news
News On News---Pearson Plc-, the parent company of the Financial Times, reported its third quarter results on Monday and said that revenue has risen 7 percent for the first ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:29:52 GMT+00:00
Chinese state councilor meets with Pearson's CEO - People's Daily Online Tweet this news
People's Daily Online--Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong in Beijing Wednesday met with Marjorie Scardino, chief executive officer of -Pearson plc-. Scardino is paying a four-day ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:36:38 GMT+00:00
Netflix model spreads to college textbooks - Reuters Blogs (blog) Tweet this news
Reuters Blogs (blog)--New college textbooks are a $4.5 billion business for dominant players such as -Pearson PLC-, privately held Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:23:24 GMT+00:00
Netflix model spreads to college textbooks - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--New college textbooks are a $4.5 billion business for dominant players such as -Pearson PLC-, privately held Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:11:03 GMT+00:00
BHP Billiton, Man Group, Rolls Royce: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - San Francisco Chronicle Tweet this news
San Francisco Chronicle---Pearson Plc- (PSON LN): China's General Administration of Press and Publication signed a memorandum of understanding with Pearson to assist Chinese ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:32:24 GMT+00:00
Pearson PLC 9-month revenue up 8 pct - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Publisher -Pearson PLC- says revenue was up 8 percent in the first nine months of the year, with the strongest gain in its professional education division. ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:33:01 GMT+00:00
Pearson To Buy Brazil School Learning Systems Business GBP326M - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LONDON (Dow Jones)---Pearson PLC- (PSON.LN), an education company, and Sistema Educacional Brasileiro, a Brazilian education company, Thursday announces a ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:17:18 GMT+00:00
Pearson To Establish New School Services Business In UK - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LONDON (Dow Jones)--Publisher -Pearson PLC- (PSON.LN) said Monday it will set up a new business to offer services to UK schools, after reporting strong ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:33:07 GMT+00:00
Mad Money Lightning Round Recap (VLO, SUN, PCL, WY, PSO, PHG, NUE, AKS, X, RRC ... - Benzinga Tweet this news
Benzinga--He thought that students will rather use iPads than old fashion textbooks, but a great quarter from -Pearson PLC- (ADR) (PSO) proves that we are still not ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:15:30 GMT+00:00
Pearson H1 Profit More Than Triples - Update - RTT News Tweet this news
RTT News--(RTTNews) - Media and education firm -Pearson Plc- (PSON.L: News ,PSO: News ) Monday said its profit rose more than threefold for the first half of fiscal ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:41:26 GMT+00:00

Pearson PLC

Penguin Group
USAAce * Alpha * Avery * Berkley * BradyGames * Dial Young Readers * Dutton * Firebird * Frederick Warne * Gotham * Putnam * Grosset & Dunlap * HPBooks * Hudson Street * Jove * New American Library * Penguin * The Penguin Press * Perigee * Philomel * Plume * Portfolio * Prentice Hall Press * Price Stern Sloan * Puffin * Riverhead * Sentinel * Speak * Tarcher * Viking
UKAllen Lane * BBC Children's Books * Dorling Kindersley * Hamish Hamilton * Ladybird * Michael Joseph * Penguin * Penguin Classics * Puffin * Rough Guides * Viking * Warne
Pearson Education
Addison-Wesley * Allyn & Bacon * BBC Active * Benjamin Cummings * Cisco Press * eCollege * FT Press * Heinemann (outside US) * Longman * New Riders * Peachpit * Pearson Assessment & Information * Pearson Scott Foresman * Prentice Hall * QUE * SAMS Publishing * Silver Burdett * Wharton * York Notes |
Family Education NetworkFunBrain * Infoplease * Poptropica
Financial Times Group
Financial Times * Investors Chronicle * Investment Adviser * Financial Adviser * Money Management * The Banker * fDi * FT Mandate * PWM * Business Day (50%) * Financial Mail (50%) * Vedomosti (33%) * Mergermarket * Interactive Data Corporation (61%) * The Economist Group (50%) * FTSE Group (50%) |

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