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Pearson is an international media company with market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing.
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Week ahead includes a deluge of blue chip results, notably from the banking sector, including numbers from HSBC PLC, Barclays PLC, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Revenues fell 2% on an underlying basis with North America 4% lower
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The fall-out from the Carillion collapse continued, the US market saw more volatility, meanwhile, Bitcoin continued to slump testing US$10,000.
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Week ahead includes trading updates from Whitbread PLC, Associated British Foods PLC, Experian PLC, Royal Mail Group PLC, William Hill PLC, Burberry PLC, plus UK inflation and retail sales data
A group of funds linked to Baring Private Equity Asia and Citic Capital have stumped up US$300mln for the division,
Pearson is selling the unit to a group of funds for US$300mln but it will only cut its debt by US$100mln or so though due to various costs and the fact that US$150mln of cash will stay with WSE
FTSE 100 closed at 7,542, below last Thursday’s closing high of 7,556.24 while the Dow soared above the 23,000 level today
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It said while the structural problems in US higher education were likely to “persist” in the medium-term, there had been some temporary respite
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The FTSE 100 index closed down 10.8 at 7,516 on the day
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We already know revenues for the year just gone will be at the top end of analysts' forecasts
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The Week Ahead includes economic data on UK jobs, inflation and retail sales along with full year results from ASOS and Bellway and trading updates from Travis Perkins, Merlin Entertainments, Unilever and Intercontinental Hotels Group
Exane analysts think the share price could head 20% higher, while Deutsch Bank’s number crunchers think it could head 20% lower
The FTSE 100 rose 63 points to 7,382 and the pound has slipped amid Brexit fears
The B&Q owner's French business has overshadowed recent decent performances, will it blight the next figures?
The FTSE 100-listed firm said GEDU, a provider of English language training and test preparation for Chinese students wishing to study abroad, generated revenue of £78mln and had an adjusted operating loss of £4mln.
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Operationally, Pearson, which sells textbooks and electronic coursework, still appears to be bogged down
The blue-chip index closed at 7,512, up 37 points on the day and 143 on the week
