VNU details first-half operating profits .
HAARLEM , Netherlands 1996-08-27
Publisher VNU gave the following breakdown of its first-half results :
H1 1996 H1 1995
Sales Op profit Sales Op profit
Consumer magazines 618 90 568 80
Newspapers 363 49 295 46
Commercial TV 127 6 loss 174 33 profit
Business info Europe 231 24 178 18
Business info USA 382 61 362 41
Education 42 6 36 3
Miscellaneous charges --- 16 --- 30
NOTES - Sales and operating profit are given in millions of guilders .
Commercial TV includes pro rata share of sales and operating profits in Dutch group HMG and Belgium 's VTM .
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