Earl Attlee told him there was "no need" for a PSO as the ferry operators were investing to keep the ship in operation "until at least 2018".

BBC: Peer appeals for 'lifeline' ferry service

If history is any judge, it will be a hit for publisher Penguin-Putnam, a unit of Pearson Publishing (nyse: PSO - news - people ).

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"Graciousness is next to godliness, " he explains in his recent book, Winners Never Cheat, which publisher Pearson (nyse: PSO - news - people ) has had translated into 19 languages, including Chinese.

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Among the largest underlying components of PID, in trading today Shaw Communications Inc ( NYSE: SJR) is up about 1.1%, Thomson Reuters Corp ( NYSE: TRI) is up about 2.5%, and Pearson Plc ( NYSE: PSO) is higher by about 1.7%.

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He suggested the government require services to be run under a public service obligation (PSO), similar to those which apply in Scotland, to avoid the prospect of the Isles of Scilly being "more or less cut off when the existing ships and infrastructure fail".

BBC: Peer appeals for 'lifeline' ferry service