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Healthly half-yearly result for Pearson
Pearson has released interim half-yearly figures, showing sales up 14% to £1.965billion and adjusted operating profit up 38% to £124 million. Chief executive Marjorie Scardino said: '...
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New NZ book review websiteNZ-based Scoop Media has launched The Scoop Review of Books online at http://books.scoop.co.nz. The site, edited by Jeremy Rose, will promote books and authors with reviews, ...
Pearson buys Tertiary Press
Pearson Education has acquired Swinburne University's publishing arm, Tertiary Press. ‘It is a pretty simple story,' said Pearson Education's managing director, David Barnett. ‘Swinbu...
Pearson expects to announce 'record profits' for 2007
Pearson isn't due to release its interim results for 2007 for another month, but is already predicting 'its strongest year ever' with 'record profits,' according to a company statement.
Will Reed Publishing NZ go to Pearson?
Following the sale of Harcourt Education to Pearson, reported in last week's WBN, the ownership of New Zealand-based Reed Publishing may also be set to change. Booksellers Brief, published b...
Pearson buys Harcourt
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Monday, Pearson has acquired Harcourt Education International and Harcourt Assessment from parent company Reed Elsevier for a reported US$950 million (A$1.1 bi...
Pearson to buy Harcourt
Pearson has acquired Harcourt Education International and Harcourt Assessment from parent company Reed Elsevier for a reported US$950 million (A$1.1 billion). ‘We have long admired these busines...
Pearson annual results show 14% profit growth; 'a strong year' for Australia
Operating profit at the Pearson Group rose 14% to £634m (A$1.3 billion) in 2007, the UK-based parent company of Penguin and Pearson Education has reported. Pearson Group CEO Marjorie Scardi...
Google accuses publishers of exaggerating copyright
As part of a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission, a group of software companies that includes Google, Microsoft and Yahoo has accused publishers including Pearson and Harcourt of di...
Reed and Pearson's share prices slip
Share prices in both Reed Elsevier and Pearson have fallen in recent weeks as the market analyses the impact of recent changes in ownership in the educational publishing sector.
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