UPDATE 2-Pearson closes chapter with Penguin Random House sale <!-- no image --> <div>Britain's Pearson is selling its 25% stake in Penguin Random House to German partner Bertelsmann, ending a near 50-year association with consumer publishing to focus solely on education.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=o4bB3lIsVV4:9LWaXGOU_HA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=o4bB3lIsVV4:9LWaXGOU_HA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=o4bB3lIsVV4:9LWaXGOU_HA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=o4bB3lIsVV4:9LWaXGOU_HA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=o4bB3lIsVV4:9LWaXGOU_HA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/o4bB3lIsVV4" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters