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| Schedule of selected financial information, by segment | The following tables present selected financial information for our reporting segments:(in millions)North America Truck North America Parts Global Operations FinancialServices(A) CorporateandEliminations TotalThree Months Ended January 31, 2014           External sales and revenues, net$1,277 $597 $295 $39 $— $2,208Intersegment sales and revenues88 10 8 16 (122) —Total sales and revenues, net$1,365 $607 $303 $55 $(122) $2,208Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to NIC, net of tax$(207) $104 $(33) $23 $(136) $(249)Income tax benefit— — — — 12 12Segment profit (loss)$(207) $104 $(33) $23 $(148) $(261)Depreciation and amortization$58 $4 $8 $10 $6 $86Interest expense— — — 17 65 82Equity in income (loss) of non-consolidated affiliates1 1 (2) — — —Capital expenditures(B)12 4 3 1 1 21(in millions)North America Truck North America Parts Global Operations FinancialServices(A) CorporateandEliminations TotalThree Months Ended January 31, 2013           External sales and revenues, net$1,538 $669 $391 $39 $— $2,637Intersegment sales and revenues127 18 15 20 (180) —Total sales and revenues, net$1,665 $687 $406 $59 $(180) $2,637Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to NIC, net of tax$(101) $117 $(10) $22 $(142) $(114)Income tax expense— — — — (15) (15)Segment profit (loss)$(101) $117 $(10) $22 $(127) $(99)Depreciation and amortization$71 $4 $9 $9 $7 $100Interest expense— — — 18 56 74Equity in income (loss) of non-consolidated affiliates2 1 (4) — — (1)Capital expenditures(B)65 1 3 — 3 72(in millions)North America Truck North America Parts Global Operations FinancialServices CorporateandEliminations TotalSegment assets, as of:           January 31, 2014$2,309 $701 $994 $2,243 $1,407 $7,654October 31, 20132,250 716 1,162 2,355 1,832 8,315_________________________(A)Total sales and revenues in the Financial Services segment include interest revenues of $40 million and $47 million for the three months ended January 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.(B)Exclusive of purchases of equipment leased to others. |

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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