The Economist Next on the Block at Pearson

NEW YORK ( TheDeal) --Just days after announcing the sale of the Financial Times Group to Japan's Nikkei, education group Pearson said on Monday July 27, it is also in talks to sell its stake in another venerable British institution, Economist Group. Pearson, which has owned 50% of the Economist Group since it bought its stake in Financial Times Group almost 60 years ago, said it was in talks with the publisher's board of directors and its trustees about a sale, but gave no further details. M...