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=Merges and Acquisitions= | =Merges and Acquisitions= | ||
* Absorbed: Prentice-Hall, Silver Burdett, Ginn, Addison Wesley, Longman, and Scott Foresman | * Absorbed: Prentice-Hall ''(internationalization strategy)'', Silver Burdett, Ginn, Addison Wesley, Longman, and Scott Foresman ''(internationalization strategy)'' | ||
* Also owns: Penguin/Putman, the Financial Times, and The Economist. | * Also owns: Penguin/Putman, the Financial Times, and The Economist. | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 1 May 2009
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Location
Headquarters: London, UK
Financial Information
- Public traded at the New York Stock Exchange
- Annual Operative Revenues (as of 31/12/2008): $4,913,000 (Source: ORBIS)
- Higher Education Sales (as of 31/12/2008): $2,868,000
Merges and Acquisitions
- Absorbed: Prentice-Hall (internationalization strategy), Silver Burdett, Ginn, Addison Wesley, Longman, and Scott Foresman (internationalization strategy)
- Also owns: Penguin/Putman, the Financial Times, and The Economist.
Product Divisions
- k-12: yes
- Higher-education: yes
- Pearson education: "From pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, their textbooks, multimedia learning tools and testing programmes help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide." (Source: ORBIS)
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