FT.com
FT.com provides the latest news, comment and analysis, financial data and much more to its millions of users worldwide.
In 2008 the site’s re-launch gave users greater access than ever to journalists through interactive forums, video interviews and regular experts’ video slots. In 2008 the site attracted 7.1 million unique users, generating almost 72 million page views and attracting over 1 million registered users.
Global business
The Financial Times is recognised internationally for its authoritative, accurate and incisive news, comment and analysis.
Printed at twenty-four sites across the world, it has a readership of approximately 1.3 million people in more than 110 countries. In 2008 the FT launched its 5th edition, adding a Middle East edition to its existing editions for the UK, Continental Europe, the US and Asia.
The book business
Pearson’s range of business titles covers everything from technical training materials to biographies.
Our business imprints include Portfolio, part of Penguin, which has produced bestsellers such as The Dip by Seth Godin; Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams and Tough Choices by Carly Fiorina. FTPress and Wharton School Publishing from our Education division are trusted sources for business reference publications such as Financial Shock, by Mark Zandi; Africa Rising, by Vijay Mahajan and Barack, Inc., by Libert and Faulk.
Newspaper of the Year
The Financial Times’ insightful coverage of the credit crunch earned it many awards in the past year.
It was honoured as Newspaper of the Year twice in 2008: at the British Press Awards and at the Newspaper Awards. The paper also scooped many other recent awards, including seven prizes at the SOPA awards in Asia for editorial excellence.
Financial Shock
Financial Shock, published by FT Press, exposes the causes of the credit crisis with a particular emphasis on the sub-prime meltdown.
Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Economy.com and advisor to the Obama administration, tells us what happened, how it happened and how we can prevent similar crises from happening again. A paperback version with coverage on the US government’s bailout and stimulus plans is due out in May 2009.
DK Travel
DK's travel website, Traveldk.com offers personalised, print-on-demand travel guides.
Users can combine guide book content from DK with other travellers' recommendations and reviews, and even add their own cover photograph and title.
