There should be no surprise that a well-thumbed copy of the Financial Times' How To Spend It supplement has been found in one of Colonel Gaddafi's residences in Libya... more
Education giant and publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books Pearson cheers readers by raising its profit forecast and dividend for this year... more
Sales of Penguin e-books and digital subscriptions to the Financial Times have doubled in the past year as parent company Pearson underlines how it has embraced new technology... more
Pearson boss Dame Marjorie Scardino splashes out $230 million (£140 million) on US digital education firm Schoolnet as she faces fresh criticism about her 'excessive' pay... more
Tom Wilson, an equities sales trader at Numis Securities, is the toast of his stockbroking firm after he dramatically saved the life of a man who jumped into the Thames - apparently with the intention of committing suicide... more
Ah, the desperate whiff of worried PRs. London-listed mining giant Vedanta Resources had a bruising encounter with tribal rights charity Survival International last year... more
Pearson boss Dame Marjorie Scardino fires a veiled warning at Apple in the row over the technology giant's decision to take a 30% cut of sales from newspaper apps and its refusal to share customer data... more
Pearson chief executive Dame Marjorie Scardino tells of her discomfort at one of her biggest shareholders being an arm of the Libyan government... more
Financial Times and Penguin books publisher Pearson says earnings last year rose 19% after its education publishing division gained a bigger share of the North American universities market and newspaper advertising recovered... more
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has set a March 1 deadline for expressions of interest in running a new TV channel which will occupy the cherished sixth slot on Freeview - directly after Channel Five... more
Shares in Penguin and Financial Times publisher Pearson leapt 5% as boss Dame Marjorie Scardino said headline annual profits would be up 20% at £850 million... more
“There is not a clear message regarding future wholesale costs movements that can be communicated to customers” E.On’s Paul Golby obliquely commented recently, on the chances of a cut in retail prices for Britain’s households...... more
Puffs of white smoke emerged from the Bristol headquarters of Imperial Tobacco as Alison Cooper was promoted to chief operating officer, making her a clear front-runner to succeed long-standing chief executive Gareth Davis... more
Media: Financial Times and Penguin books publishing house Pearson topped City profit forecasts, allowing the company to unveil a meaty rise in the dividend... more
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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