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Segment and Related Information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of operating results by segment | A summary of operating results by segment for the periods ended June 30 is as follows:
Three Months | 2017 |  | 2016
(in millions) | Revenue |  | Operating Profit |  | Revenue |  | Operating Profit
Ratings 1 | $ | 747 |  |  | $ | 397 |  |  | $ | 682 |  |  | $ | 396 |
Market and Commodities Intelligence 2 | 606 |  |  | 191 |  |  | 671 |  |  | 186 |
Indices 3 | 184 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 153 |  |  | 100 |
Intersegment elimination 4 | (28 | ) |  | — |  |  | (24 | ) |  | — |
Total operating segments | 1,509 |  |  | 707 |  |  | 1,482 |  |  | 682 |
Unallocated expense 5 | — |  |  | (30 | ) |  | — |  |  | (31 | )
Total | $ | 1,509 |  |  | $ | 677 |  |  | $ | 1,482 |  |  | $ | 651 |
Six Months | 2017 |  | 2016
(in millions) | Revenue |  | Operating Profit |  | Revenue |  | Operating Profit
Ratings 1 | $ | 1,461 |  |  | $ | 773 |  |  | $ | 1,234 |  |  | $ | 658 |
Market and Commodities Intelligence 2 | 1,199 |  |  | 378 |  |  | 1,333 |  |  | 369 |
Indices 3 | 355 |  |  | 233 |  |  | 304 |  |  | 200 |
Intersegment elimination 4 | (53 | ) |  | — |  |  | (48 | ) |  | — |
Total operating segments | 2,962 |  |  | 1,384 |  |  | 2,823 |  |  | 1,227 |
Unallocated expense 5 | — |  |  | (60 | ) |  | — |  |  | (64 | )
Total | $ | 2,962 |  |  | $ | 1,324 |  |  | $ | 2,823 |  |  | $ | 1,163 |
1 | Operating profit for the six months ended June 30, 2017 includes legal settlement expenses of $2 million. Operating profit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 includes a benefit related to net legal settlement insurance recoveries of $34 million and $46 million, respectively, and employee severance charges of $6 million. Operating profit also includes amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and $2 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
2 | Operating profit includes a charge to exit a leased facility of $6 million, employee severance charges of $5 million and an asset write-off of $2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and non-cash acquisition and disposition-related adjustments of $15 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017. Operating profit includes disposition-related costs of $10 million and $12 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively, and a technology-related impairment charge of $24 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016. Operating profit also includes amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $23 million and $21 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $44 million and $41 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
3 | Operating profit includes amortization of intangibles from acquisitions of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.
4 | Revenue for Ratings and expenses for Market and Commodities Intelligence include an intersegment royalty charged to Market and Commodities Intelligence for the rights to use and distribute content and data developed by Ratings.
5 | Operating profit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 includes $3 million from a disposition-related reserve release.
Revenue by geographic region | The following provides revenue by geographic region for the periods ended June 30:
(in millions) | Three Months |  | Six Months
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
U.S. | $ | 922 |  |  | $ | 910 |  |  | $ | 1,813 |  |  | $ | 1,750 |
European region | 360 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 706 |  |  | 636 |
Asia | 142 |  |  | 156 |  |  | 275 |  |  | 293 |
Rest of the world | 85 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 168 |  |  | 144 |
Total | $ | 1,509 |  |  | $ | 1,482 |  |  | $ | 2,962 |  |  | $ | 2,823 |

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