By Tapan Panchal

LONDON--Reed Elsevier PLC (REL.LN) said Wednesday that business trends in the first quarter have remained consistent with 2014, and added that it remains confident of delivering underlying revenue, profit, and earnings growth in 2015.

The dual listed publishing and information company, which operates in the science, medical, legal, risk and business sectors, continued to focus on organic growth in the quarter, with limited acquisition activity. It has retained its outlook for the full year.

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