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  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    LombardBryce Elder
    Hedge funds feel the heat as Pearson catches day-trader fever

    Bearish bets unwound as US exuberance crosses the Atlantic

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Pearson returns to growth but cautions over lockdowns

    Online learning businesses pick up in fourth quarter amid uncertainty over education disruption

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Andy Bird pushes consumer focus as Pearson overhaul begins

    Education group also taps former Warner Bros executive to lead unit that will sell straight to individuals

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Pearson sales drop on weakness in textbook and testing businesses

    Pandemic-led boost in publishing group’s online education division fails to offset faltering performance in other units

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Companies tread a fine line on executive pay

    Covid-19 has underlined that what constitutes good performance is changing

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Pearson’s chairman needs more lessons on how to say ‘no’

    Sidney Taurel risks being cut from the middle of Pearson’s muddle; UK banks beware negative interest rates

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Pearson shareholders set sights on departure of chairman

    Sidney Taurel criticised for handling of succession process and pay package for new chief executive

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Third of Pearson investors revolt against £7.4m CEO pay offer

    Move backed by 67% of shareholders, clearing way for Andy Bird to join publisher

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Pearson shareholders criticise proposed £7.4m payout to new chief

    Publisher confident of winning vote but some investors say potential award to Andy Bird ‘sends all the wrong signals’

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  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Pensions industry
    FCA tests investigator’s patience with delayed disclosures

    Former judge leading probe into handling of LCF scandal tires of regulator’s hold-ups

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    Lex
    Pearson: new principal Premium

    Education publisher has stumbled in the past through an inability to read consumer trends

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    Pearson taps former Disney executive Andy Bird as new chief

    FTSE 100 educational publisher announces successor to John Fallon as it attempts digital transition

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    UK schools
    BTec results pulled at last minute as UK exam chaos continues

    Vocational qualifications for nearly 500,000 students recalled in wake of GCSE and A-level U-turns

  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    LexInvestor activism
    Pearson/Cevian Capital: must do better Premium

    Investor likes to invest in fundamentally sound companies that have underperformed

  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    Activist investor Cevian takes stake in Pearson

    Swedish group bets on potential for new management to turn round struggling education group

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Pearson maintains £100m final dividend payout for 2019

    Education publisher yet to reap benefits of boom in online learning during pandemic 

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    LexMedia
    Pearson: school’s out  Premium

    The maths stacks up nicely on the textbook publisher’s balance sheet

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Pearson warns it is near ‘bottom of valley’ as US downturn takes toll

    Chief John Fallon says digital push will help address slide in textbooks business

  • Saturday, 18 January, 2020
    Inside LondonBryce Elder
    Pearson’s latest profit warning is a teachable moment

    UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Pearson’s failings must be consigned to the history books

    Publishing group has suffered from management and strategic mis-steps

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Pearson warns of profit fall as leadership contender quits

    Educational publisher’s finance chief to follow chief John Fallon out the door

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    LexMedia
    Pearson: what an education Premium

    Some bosses crumble under pressure but John Fallon became an even tougher cookie

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Pearson chief John Fallon to retire next year

    Educational publisher also announces sale of remaining stake in Penguin Random House

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    LexMedia
    Pearson: textbook error Premium

    The educational publisher produces multiple choice exams and multiple profit warnings

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    Pearson warns on weak US university sales

    Educational publisher in the midst of restructuring process sees shares plunge almost 20%

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