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| Segment Information              | Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the three months ended September 30 was as follows: (Millions of dollars) 2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atSeptember 30,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$235 $59 $74 $69 $4 $11,969 $201Europe and CPF118 27 29 19 18 7,516 41Asia/Pacific105 35 41 7 7 5,442 25Latin America98 20 32 17 16 4,367 41Mining114 17 23 63 5 3,239 124Total Segments670 158 199 175 50 32,533 432Unallocated14 (21) 10 (1) (1) 1,408 —Timing(6) 7 1 — (10) 38 —Methodology— 9 (9) — — (15) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (130) —Total$678 $153 $201 $174 $39 $33,834 $432              2011Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2011 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$239 $73 $78 $69 $(9) $11,177 $167Europe and CPF121 (9) 38 22 43 6,601 24Asia/Pacific89 34 35 4 5 4,557 8Latin America93 37 35 11 (3) 3,947 18Mining114 18 22 66 3 2,645 93Total Segments656 153 208 172 39 28,927 310Unallocated18 (8) 3 1 (2) 1,350 —Timing(6) (8) 3 — 1 67 1Methodology— (11) (3) — — 15 —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (247) —Total$668 $126 $211 $173 $38 $30,112 $311               Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the nine months ended September 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atSeptember 30,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$713 $198 $219 $204 $5 $11,969 $385Europe and CPF351 90 95 58 35 7,516 184Asia/Pacific292 101 108 17 19 5,442 95Latin America287 86 96 46 23 4,367 90Mining342 55 69 190 10 3,239 477Total Segments1,985 530 587 515 92 32,533 1,231Unallocated46 (65) 34 — — 1,408 —Timing(17) (7) 3 — — 38 1Methodology— 9 (21) — — (15) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (130) —Total$2,014 $467 $603 $515 $92 $33,834 $1,232              2011Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2011 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$734 $176 $241 $210 $17 $11,177 $380Europe and CPF372 35 111 68 82 6,601 73Asia/Pacific244 88 95 12 18 4,557 34Latin America259 89 96 31 8 3,947 92Mining337 58 66 196 2 2,645 247Total Segments1,946 446 609 517 127 28,927 826Unallocated54 (33) 15 3 — 1,350 3Timing(17) (11) 8 — (3) 67 1Methodology— (9) (8) — — 15 —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (247) —Total$1,983 $393 $624 $520 $124 $30,112 $830               |

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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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