VNU World Directories unit. (News in Brief).
VNU's (Haarlem Haarlem (här`ləm), city (1994 pop. 150,213), capital of North Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Spaarne River, near the North Sea. Although an industrial center with shipyards, machinery plants, and textile mills, Haarlem is chiefly noted as the center of a famous flower-growing district and the export point for bulbs, Neth.) VNU World Directories unit has acquired a 28% interest in Pagini Aurii (Bucharest Bucharest (b `kərĕst, by`–), Rom. Bucureşti, city (1990 pop., Rom.) the leading telephone directory publisher in Romania. Pagini produces 41 directories with an annual circulation of over 2 million. VNU said the purchase is part of its strategy to expand in the directories business, especially in Europe and that "we expect, in the long-term, Pagini Aurii has a substantial growth potential."
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