MARKET REPORT: Pearson soars as activist buys stake

MARKET REPORT: Pearson surges on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn the page on a dismal few years By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 Pearson surged on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Pearson pledges to pay dividend

MARKET REPORT: Textbook publisher Pearson pledges to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 Textbook publisher Pearson has pledged to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues.  The education group will … Read more

Pearson fighting for Footsie future: Share price falls another 9%

Pearson fighting for Footsie future: Share price falls another 9%, profit forecasts slashed again as top exec quits the business By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2020 Pearson is fighting for its place on the FTSE 100 after a bleak warning about … Read more

Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out

Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out Pearson has struck a £530million deal to sell its stake in Penguin Random House  The deal values book publisher Penguin Random House  at around £2.8billion. John Fallon will step down as boss in 2020 once a successor has been named  By This Is … Read more