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Wolters Kluwer increased sales by six percent to 3.05 billion euros and adjusted operating profit by 13 percent to 865 million euros in the first half of the year, exceeding analysts' expectations. CEO Nancy McKinstry is more optimistic for the year as a whole and expects an operating margin at the upper end of the range of 27.1 to 27.5 percent.