Pearson Sales Rise But Sees Lower Half-Year Profit

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Pearson PLC (PSON.LN), the publisher of the Financial Times newspaper and Penguin books, Friday produced a healthy rise in first-quarter revenue, but warned profit will be down in the first half of 2012 due to seasonal effects an ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC World | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BiblioBoard: New Sales Channel for Digital Content

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