Monday, May 5, 2008

Pearson in talks on Chinese schools

Pearson in talks on Chinese schools

By Roger Blitz in London

Published: May 4 2008 19:24 | Last updated: May 4 2008 19:24

Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times, is in advanced talks about acquiring a chain of private schools in Shanghai, the first time it would own an education institution anywhere in the world.

Although the size of the deal for LEC is low – its 15 schools made revenues of less than $10m – it offers a way of entering the heavily regulated Chinese education market.

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