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	Pearson Education Australia - Home
		Pearson Education Australia is Australia's leading publisher of educational resources.
		As part of the Pearson Plc global education business we are committed to helping people learn at every stage of their life from primary and secondary school though to vocational, university and professional studies.
		7/09/2007 Pearson Education Australia is delighted to announce the acquisition of Able Publishing.
	www.pearsoned.com.au (154 words)

	Pearson Publishing Group: Overview
		Proud of its well-established relationships with national and international organisations, the Pearson Publishing Group continues to develop partnership projects addressing staff development, enterprise and community initiatives, remodelling of the workforce, student assessment and bespoke resource provision.
		Whether it is a case of communicating a message to a single phase in education, or building a partnership with another educational supplier, the Pearson Publishing Group is well placed to help.
		is independent and unrelated to Pearson Plc and Pearson Education.
	www.pearson.co.uk (310 words)

	Pearson Education: History
		PEARSON plc announces the Canadian government's approval of their application to acquire control of Prentice Hall Canada, Inc. and to merge it with its Addison Wesley Longman Ltd. business in Canada.
		PEARSON VUE is selected as the prime contractor for a seven-year, $200 million contract to develop and administer the GMAT exam worldwide, beginning in January 2006.
		PEARSON EDUCATION's Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics 2005 is selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Education's Evaluation of Early Mathematics Curricula, a large-scale study created to evaluate the effectiveness of several math programs that show promise for improving math achievement in the early elementary grades.
	www.pearsoned.com /about/history.htm (5590 words)

	CNN.com - Pearson hits profit target - Mar. 3, 2003
		Pearson Plc, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, hit its earnings goals on Monday but the advertising downturn mauled its flagship title and the British media group said there was no recovery in sight.
		Pearson also beat its goal of 40 percent growth in earnings per share at 30.3 pence and the finance director said she was "pretty confident" the group would meet double-digit earnings growth this year too after missing its target in 2001.
		Pearson also expects to be a "shade ahead" of growth of between five and seven percent in the college market in 2003.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/03/03/pearson.reut (700 words)

	Pearson forecasts record annual profit - Boston.com
		Pearson PLC, owner of the Financial Times and Penguin publishing, said Monday a strong fourth-quarter performance has kept it on track to report record profit for the full year.
		LONDON --Pearson PLC, owner of the Financial Times and Penguin publishing, said Monday a strong fourth-quarter performance has kept it on track to report record profit for the full year.
		Pearson shares fell 2.9 percent to close at 817.50 pence ($16.14) on the London Stock Exchange.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/01/22/pearson_plc_reports_strong_4th_quarter (189 words)

	Pearson PLC - Definition, explanation
		By 1920, under the name S. Pearson & Son, it was a holding company with businesses in building, oil drilling and refining and finance.
		During the 1990s Pearson acquired a number of TV production and broadcasting assets, and rid itself of most of its non-media assets.
		In January 2003, Pearsons sold their 22% stake in RTL Group, the largest commercial television and radio broadcaster in the EU.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pe/pearson_plc.php (414 words)

	News Archive 2002
		Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), parent company of NCS Pearson, today announced its interim financial results for the six months ending June 30, 2002, reporting revenues of $2,756 million, a 3 percent decrease over 2001, and operating profit of $116 million, a 27 percent increase over the previous year.
		NCS Pearson's revenues are on track to grow 15 percent for the year, topping $1 billion in annual sales for the first time in its history.
		NCS Pearson's performance can be attributed to a number of factors, including growth in its government business, renewal of several state testing contracts and the launch of testing centers aimed at the professional certification and licensure market.
	www.pearsongov.com /news/7_29_02.html (371 words)

	Pearson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pearson plc is not only the UK's largest media company, but with the scope of its international operations the one that offers new recruits the widest opportunities for working outside Britain.
		Pearson was appallingly messy before she arrived and it wasn't difficult to tidy it up.
		Pearson TV chief executive Richard Eyre is expected to become head of content across TV and new media in the new group.
	www.justpeople.com /ContentNew/Companies/FullReports/pearson.asp (2572 words)

	Pearson PLC expands in East Hills park \| LJWorld.com
		Pearson PLC, formerly known as NCS Pearson, is busy adding 45,000 square feet to its 150,000-square-foot operation in the East Hills Business Park.
		Pearson welcomes the opportunity to find employees in Lawrence to tackle the tasks, much as the company taps into educated workers at other call centers in Minneapolis, Minn., where the University of Minnesota is located; and Oakdale, Iowa, near the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City.
		Pearson Government Solutions, based in Arlington, Va., serves the federal government and postsecondary education markets, delivering solutions that support public sector entities in their delivery of information, benefits, and services to their constituents.
	www2.ljworld.com /news/2003/apr/12/pearson_plc_expands (1156 words)

	Pearson sells Gov't Solutions unit - Boston.com
		Pearson PLC, publisher of the Financial Times, said Monday it has sold its Pearson Government Solutions unit to Veritas Capital for $560 million in cash plus a continuing equity stake.
		Pearson said it intends to use proceeds from the sale to invest in its business, including through acquisitions, and to pay off debt.
		Pearson shares rose 1.4 percent to close at 772 pence ($15.09) on the London Stock Exchange.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/12/11/pearson_plc_sells_government_solutions (230 words)

	Pearson Plc Interim Results
		The outlook for our major businesses is: At Pearson Education, we expect revenues at our School business to be broadly level with 2003, as growth in our testing and supplementary businesses offsets the particularly weak 2004 school adoption opportunity.
		Pearson's net borrowings, which peak at the half-year stage, were 9% lower than last year at 1,734m pounds ($3,139m).
		This summer we are using our Safari joint venture to launch the latest addition to that range: an online service (http://www.safarix.com) which will provide more than 300 web-based textbooks at 50% of the cost of their print alternatives.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2004/0002217598&EDATE= (3808 words)

	Pearson VUE History
		Pearson VUE is built on a foundation of experience in electronic testing.
		In 2000, NCS was purchased by Pearson plc, a U.K.-based international media, publishing and education company.
		Pearson plc has market leading businesses in education, strategic business information, international television production and consumer publishing, nearing $8 billion in annual revenue.
	www.pearsonvue.com /about/history (584 words)

	News Archive 2002
		Pearson Professional Testing, the professional licensure and certification electronic testing business of NCS Pearson, today announced that it has successfully concluded delivery of the NCLEX® Examination beta test for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
		The contract between NCS Pearson and the National Council was signed in August 1999, and includes test development services and test delivery through the newly created, company owned and operated Pearson Professional Centers.
		NCS Pearson operates as a business of Pearson Education, the world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is part of Pearson plc, the international media company.
	www.pearsongov.com /news/4_15_02.html (394 words)

	Pearson PLC (PSO) Full Description \| Stocks \| Reuters.com
		Pearson creates and manages intellectual property, which it promotes and sells to its customers under its brand names to inform, educate and entertain.
		Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks, supplementary materials and electronic education programs for elementary and secondary school, higher education, and business and professional markets worldwide.
		Pearson Education is a publisher of textbooks and related course materials for colleges and universities.
	stocks.us.reuters.com /stocks/fullDescription.asp?symbol=PSO (949 words)

	About Pearson VUE
		Pearson VUE delivers over 4 million high-stakes exams a year for clients in the licensure, certification, academic admissions, regulatory and government testing service markets.
		Academic/ Admissions – Pearson VUE acquired its first academic admissions client in 2003 when it signed a contract with the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) to be the exclusive global exam delivery provider of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®).
		Promissor, a Pearson VUE Business, has been providing comprehensive testing and licensing services to state regulatory and certification bodies for insurance, real estate, nurse aide cosmetology, mortgage lenders, contractors and professional certification for 25 years.
	www.pearsonvue.com /about (547 words)

	Pearson to buy NCS for $2.5 billion - Jul. 31, 2000
		Pearson already reaps almost 50 percent of its revenue from its education business, which includes imprints such as Simon and Schuster's textbook unit and Longman, one of Europe's biggest educational publishers.
		Pearson (PSON) shares fell 6 percent to 1,885 pence on the prospect of the rights issue.
		Pearson is reinventing itself from a sprawling conglomerate with interests from fine china to investment banking.
	money.cnn.com /2000/07/31/europe/pearson (477 words)

	Pearson: About us
		With more than 29,000 employees based in 60 countries, we are a family of businesses that draws on common assets, processes and shares a common purpose: to help our customers live and learn.
		Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO) and in 2006 we had sales of Â£4,423m ($8,669m) and operating profit of Â£592m ($1,160m).
		Find a full map of Pearson office locations
	www.pearson.com /about/glance.htm (204 words)

	CSRwire.com - News from Pearson PLC: Pearson Education Awarded
		Pearson executives underscored the company's placement in the Top Five for workplace "flexibility," which, they say, provides benefits for all its employees.
		Pearson Education also offers paid leave to care for a seriously ill family member or new child, a benefit still rarely seen among most American companies.
		Pearson Education is the global education business of Pearson plc, the international media group.
	www.csrwire.com /article.cgi/395.html (547 words)

	Pearson Education Australia - About Us
		Today, Pearson Education Australia forms part of the global education publishing business of Pearson Plc.
		Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools, and educational services in all available media, spanning the learning curve from birth through university and beyond.
		Other companies in the Pearson Plc international media group include the Penguin Group and the Financial Times Group.
	www.pearsoned.com.au /about (279 words)

	Pearson PLC will create a new schoolbook enterprise, Pearson Education (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pearson PLC, a corporation based in London, has acquired all of Simon & Schuster's schoolbook operations.
		Pearson also owns Addison Wesley Longman (AWL), a major schoolbook company that was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Addison-Wesley Publishing Company with Longman Publishers.
		William J. Bennetta is a professional editor, a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the president of The Textbook League, and the editor of The Textbook Letter.
	www.textbookleague.org /95prson.htm (207 words)

	EuroInvestor.co.uk - Pearson PLC
		Pearson Plc is a global British Group operating in the press, publication and TV sectors.
		There is also Pearson Education, the global leader in its sector; its publication of educational books on all subjects, for adults and children, gives over 100 million people throughout the world the opportunity of acquiring an education.
		With a workforce of around 30, 000, the Pearson Group operates in Europe, the USA and Latin America and Asia.
	www.euroinvestor.co.uk /Stock/ShowStockInfo.Aspx?StockId=2469 (360 words)

	About Us - Pearson School Systems
		Pearson Education – leader in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help students learn at their own pace, in their own way.
		Pearson School Systems – a Pearson Education business unit that supports an integrated approach to student data management.
		Pearson School Systems’ best practice approach to support and services ensures your district objectives are achieved.
	www.pearsonschoolsystems.com /about/index.htm (432 words)

	Pearson Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Contact Us The Pearson Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Pearson plc, one of the world's leading media and education companies.
		The Pearson Foundation extends Pearson’s commitment to education by partnering with leading nonprofit, civic, and business organizations to provide financial, organizational, and publishing assistance across the globe.
		The Pearson Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating foundation and does not make grants.
	www.pearsonfoundation.org /contact.htm (62 words)

	Pearson News - Topix (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pearson Educational Measurement is looking for 90 bilingual people fluent in Spanish to work on a short-term assessment scoring project.
		Publisher Pearson on Monday announced a 28% drop in annual profit due to year-ago asset sales, but said it recorded its highest-ever operating profit after a recovery at its Penguin book-publishing arm and...
		When the chief executive of Pearson, Dame Marjorie Scardino, turns 60 this week, her company's shares will be close to a five-year high and the publishing group is preparing to announce its best-ever profits.
	www.topix.net /com/pso (767 words)

	SECFilings.com - PEARSON PLC files SEC Form 6-K - January 22, 2007
		A press release from Pearson plc announcing Trading Statement 22 January 2007 PEARSON TRADING UPDATE STRONG END TO THE YEAR; ON TRACK FOR RECORD PROFITS Pearson is today providing its regular January trading update.
		Pearson continued to perform strongly through the fourth quarter of 2006.
		Pearson Education sustained its good revenue momentum and achieved further margin improvement, ahead of expectations, as we benefited from our investments in educational testing and technology.
	www.secfilings.com /sec-filings/2007/Pearson-Plc/Pearson-Plc-files-SEC-Form-6-K_0001191638-07-000225.aspx (214 words)

	eSchool News online - Pearson buys Apple's PowerSchool
		Pearson School Systems, a division of British media giant Pearson PLC, has agreed to buy Apple Computer's PowerSchool division, which makes a student information system (SIS) by the same name that enables parents, students, and teachers to monitor grades and homework assignments via the web.
		Pearson also plans to develop educational content for teachers and students that is compatible with Apple's iPod and will be sold through Apple's iTunes online music store, the companies said.
		Wendy Spiegel, director of communications for Pearson School Systems, said her company has been the leader in SIS software development since the technology "elevated out of a spreadsheet." The Pearson School Systems division of Pearson Education was formed after Pearson acquired SIS leader National Computer Systems (NCS) for $2.4 billion in 2000.
	www.eschoolnews.com /news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6315 (837 words)

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