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| Segment Information              | Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the three months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2014Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2014 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$265 $90 $55 $87 $6 $13,248 $348Europe and CPF123 34 23 25 10 8,253 33Asia/Pacific95 29 30 6 12 5,284 7Latin America112 38 32 26 (1) 4,993 25Mining123 23 16 68 8 3,440 95Total Segments718 214 156 212 35 35,218 508Unallocated17 (21) 11 1 3 1,664 1Timing(7) — — — (3) 26 1Methodology— 13 (12) — — (197) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (224) —Total$728 $206 $155 $213 $35 $36,487 $510              2013Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2013 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$236 $74 $66 $71 $(2) $12,158 $207Europe and CPF120 30 26 20 17 8,068 69Asia/Pacific103 45 33 6 2 5,272 13Latin America105 32 37 22 1 4,953 60Mining117 24 21 64 3 3,441 101Total Segments681 205 183 183 21 33,892 450Unallocated20 (20) 15 — (1) 1,595 —Timing(7) (39) — — 11 68 1Methodology— 12 (11) — — (190) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (227) —Total$694 $158 $187 $183 $31 $35,138 $451               Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the six months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2014Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2014 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$512 $167 $115 $167 $9 $13,248 $478Europe and CPF253 75 47 51 19 8,253 64Asia/Pacific187 68 58 12 18 5,284 17Latin America217 67 64 53 — 4,993 60Mining248 33 34 145 21 3,440 158Total Segments1,417 410 318 428 67 35,218 777Unallocated38 (34) 23 1 3 1,664 1Timing(14) (2) — — (2) 26 1Methodology— 20 (24) — — (197) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (224) —Total$1,441 $394 $317 $429 $68 $36,487 $779              2013Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2013 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$461 $138 $131 $141 $(3) $12,158 $315Europe and CPF242 67 54 39 26 8,068 100Asia/Pacific209 91 68 13 4 5,272 24Latin America211 60 73 42 9 4,953 124Mining227 38 41 122 14 3,441 206Total Segments1,350 394 367 357 50 33,892 769Unallocated37 (36) 30 1 (2) 1,595 1Timing(13) (30) — — (1) 68 1Methodology— 17 (19) — — (190) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (227) —Total$1,374 $345 $378 $358 $47 $35,138 $771               |

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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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