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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) 2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$240 $65 $72 $69 $5 $11,570 $119Europe and CPF113 28 32 20 9 7,281 52Asia/Pacific95 30 36 5 8 5,254 12Latin America94 32 32 15 4 4,292 28Mining116 21 23 62 3 3,129 245Total Segments658 176 195 171 29 31,526 456Unallocated16 (23) 11 1 — 1,437 —Timing(6) (11) 5 — 5 7 1Methodology— 2 (13) — — (24) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (191) —Total$668 $144 $198 $172 $34 $32,755 $457              2011Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2011 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$248 $61 $80 $71 $4 $11,177 $159Europe and CPF127 14 36 23 27 6,601 26Asia/Pacific84 32 32 5 5 4,557 20Latin America89 32 33 10 2 3,947 34Mining115 26 22 66 (4) 2,645 97Total Segments663 165 203 175 34 28,927 336Unallocated17 (12) 3 1 (1) 1,350 3Timing(5) (4) 7 — (2) 67 —Methodology— 3 (4) — — 15 —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (247) —Total$675 $152 $209 $176 $31 $30,112 $339               Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the six months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$478 $139 $145 $135 $1 $11,570 $184Europe and CPF233 63 66 39 17 7,281 143Asia/Pacific187 66 67 10 12 5,254 70Latin America189 66 64 29 7 4,292 49Mining228 38 46 127 5 3,129 353Total Segments1,315 372 388 340 42 31,526 799Unallocated32 (44) 24 1 1 1,437 —Timing(11) (14) 2 — 10 7 1Methodology— — (12) — — (24) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (191) —Total$1,336 $314 $402 $341 $53 $32,755 $800              2011Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2011 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$495 $103 $163 $141 $26 $11,177 $213Europe and CPF251 44 73 46 39 6,601 49Asia/Pacific155 54 60 8 13 4,557 26Latin America166 52 61 20 11 3,947 74Mining223 40 44 130 (1) 2,645 154Total Segments1,290 293 401 345 88 28,927 516Unallocated36 (25) 12 2 2 1,350 3Timing(11) (3) 5 — (4) 67 —Methodology— 2 (5) — — 15 —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (247) —Total$1,315 $267 $413 $347 $86 $30,112 $519               |

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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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