Now come on, it is a very exciting company. Oh yes. I mean any company that publishes the Financial Times must be. Right? Well, if that doesn't turn your crank perhaps the excitement of Penguin Books and a huge collection of US educational software might. No? Oh well, at least you can be safe in the knowledge that Pearson is, well, safe.

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OK, so it is quoted in France. But then again it would do because EDF stands for Electricite de France.

Those damned Froggies heh. Spent years fighting the blighters to keep them over the water and now hey have their fingers on our light switches.

Whatever next - we could have Napoleon on top of Nelson’s Column.

Research: EDF.L

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Reuters was the definition of journalistic tenacity. Get the message through even if it’s by a pigeon.

But times have changed since the telegraph wires first crackled with news, and changed a lot.

And the giant of the wires wavered, but didn’t go down – can they take on the competition? Perhaps with a little tenacity.

Research: RTR.L

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Eeeeek! Credit crunch. US recession. Tanking markets, collapsing bank, carnage, chaos and mayhem everywhere.

There’s got to be somewhere left respectable to put your money even if some French trick motorcyclist hasn’t flushed it all away.

Well, there is. Solid, dependable and it’s all in the name….

Research: HSBA.L

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