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Even if Actavis buy fails, Valeant looks ready for bigger deals
FiercePharma  May 1  Comment 
Valeant CEO Michael Pearson hasn't made a secret of his ambitions. He wants to be within spitting distance of Big Pharma. So, it probably shouldn't have been a surprise that he and Actavis chief Paul Bisaro were talking about a merger. And now,...
Deal maker Valeant reaches for biggest prize yet
Reuters  Apr 30  Comment 
After five years and some 60 deals that have turned Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc into a stock market darling with a market capitalization of $22 billion, Chief Executive Michael Pearson still has some surprises up his sleeve.
Valeant-Actavis talks break down
The Globe and Mail  Apr 29  Comment 
Merger-minded CEOs Pearson and Bisaro fail to reach deal to combine their pharmaceutical companies
Valeant-Actavis talks break down
The Globe and Mail  Apr 29  Comment 
Vonage (VG) Names Deutsche Bank's (DB) Pearson as CFO
StreetInsider.com  Apr 26  Comment 
Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Management+Changes/Vonage+%28VG%29+Names+Deutsche+Bank%27s+%28DB%29+Pearson+as+CFO/8281550.html for the full story.
Vonage Holdings Appoints David Pearson Chief Financial Officer
Benzinga  Apr 26  Comment 
Vonage Holdings (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of communication services connecting people through cloud-connected devices worldwide, today announced the appointment of David T. Pearson as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1,...
Financial Times faces weak advertising market, says parent company
guardian.co.uk  Apr 26  Comment 
Pearson predicts difficult first quarter for newspaper, with total group revenues down 1% year on year to £1.2bn Pearson has said that the Financial Times faced a "weak" advertising market in the first quarter of this year, but nevertheless...
Education Giant Pearson Continues Digital Push, Acquires Flipped Classroom Managers, Learning Catalytics
TechCrunch  Apr 23  Comment 
Educational publishing giant, Pearson, has lately been making a push to snatch up (and incubate) promising young EdTech startups and concepts to help it compete in an increasingly tech-influenced educational landscape. Last May, Pearson acquired...
Pearson sells off South African stake
guardian.co.uk  Apr 16  Comment 
Pearson has agreed to end its 50:50 joint venture with South's Africa's Times Media Group (TMG) by selling off its half of the publishing group, BDFM, reports the Financial Times. It means that TMG will gain full ownership of BDFM, which...
Welfare tragic for indigenous: Pearson
Sydney Morning Herald  Apr 15  Comment 
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has backed comments by indigenous academic Marcia Langton that a sense of entitlement has poisoned Aboriginal society.     




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Pearson plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an education and information company. It publishes textbooks for the education, business information, and consumer publishing markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company provides testing and software services for primary and secondary schools offers assessment, reporting, and business solutions and publishes textbooks and related course materials for colleges and universities, as well as texts, reference, and interactive products for industry professionals. It also publishes the works of various authors in fiction, nonfiction, and reference titles, as well as offers public information systems for government departments. In addition, the company publishes the Financial Times, other business newspapers, magazines, and specialist information and provides financial market data, analytics, and related services to financial institutions, active traders, and individual investors. Pearson was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

In terms of geography, 2006 sales the break down is as follow: North America 65% Europe 25% Asia 7% Rest of the world 3%. In terms of products, sales the break down is as follow: School 35% Higher education 18% Penguin 19% FT Group 16% Professional 14%.





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