BUZZ-Pearson: jumps on imminent FT sale
** Pearson (Xetra: 858266 - news) shares up 1.8 pct close to day's high and see a spike in volume intraday after Reuters reports that the media group has decided to sell the Financial Times
** Full announcement is expected shortly, source tells Reuters
** Pearson due to report results on Friday
** Media reports on a possible sale which have done rounds for at least 3 years have put a 1 billion pound ($1.56 billion)price tag on the newspaper
($1 = 0.6408 pounds) (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)