California
Ethics: Huntington Beach mayor, already under investigation over business dealings, says he got no special treatment on home. Witnesses tell another story.
July 25, 2000
Ethics: Official sided with development, got coveted home. He denies receiving favor.
World & Nation
The four major shareholders in British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. said today they have refused troubled Australian businessman Alan Bond any further extensions to sell his stake in the television company.
July 24, 1990
Business
Pearson PLC said it sold the unit that includes the Financial Times, one of the marquee names in English-language financial journalism, to Nikkei Inc. for $1.3 billion in cash.
July 23, 2015
Publisher Rupert Murdoch said he would like to form a joint venture with Pearson PLC, owners of the Financial Times, to publish a separate U.S. edition of the newspaper, according to a report published Wednesday.
Jan. 28, 1988
The world’s biggest educational publisher will release all future editions of its U.S. titles digitally first, as students dump their traditional textbooks and switch to online learning.
July 16, 2019
Books
Britain’s Pearson PLC, publisher of the Financial Times, is expanding its presence in the United States by acquiring Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., an educational publisher in Reading, Mass., for the premium price of $283 million.
Feb. 16, 1988
Barnes & Noble says holiday sales disappointing, Nook has new investor
Dec. 28, 2012
Dutch publisher Elsevier said it had sold its remaining 8.9% stake in Britain’s Pearson PLC, publisher of the Financial Times and owner of Penguin books, ending a share exchange that was to have led to a merger. . . .
April 9, 1991
R. H.
Sept. 23, 1987