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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) 2015Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atSeptember 30,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$291 $99 $66 $102 $(4) $14,078 $292Europe70 29 8 18 — 3,987 31Asia/Pacific66 17 22 5 2 3,921 2Latin America and CPF126 20 36 25 18 7,156 31Mining90 3 13 57 8 2,879 —Total Segments643 168 145 207 24 32,021 356Unallocated18 (26) 17 — (1) 1,891 —Timing(8) (3) — — (1) 27 1Methodology— 14 (18) — — (201) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (221) —Total$653 $153 $144 $207 $22 $33,517 $357              2014Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2014 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$274 $97 $61 $94 $(4) $13,661 $308Europe89 34 12 24 (4) 4,276 41Asia/Pacific94 32 30 6 9 4,767 6Latin America and CPF162 33 43 34 30 8,001 22Mining116 18 16 68 6 3,161 50Total Segments735 214 162 226 37 33,866 427Unallocated15 (22) 12 — (1) 1,648 —Timing(7) (5) — — 2 120 —Methodology— 10 (16) — — (215) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (243) —Total$743 $197 $158 $226 $38 $35,176 $427               Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the nine months ended September 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2015Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atSeptember 30,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$865 $289 $193 $303 $(2) $14,078 $746Europe216 85 24 57 — 3,987 83Asia/Pacific223 52 80 15 22 3,921 19Latin America and CPF400 69 113 81 58 7,156 74Mining290 43 41 173 10 2,879 69Total Segments1,994 538 451 629 88 32,021 991Unallocated54 (72) 49 — (1) 1,891 —Timing(23) (17) — — 2 27 2Methodology— 41 (55) — — (201) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (221) —Total$2,025 $490 $445 $629 $89 $33,517 $993              2014Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2014 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$786 $264 $176 $261 $5 $13,661 $786Europe271 90 40 72 5 4,276 105Asia/Pacific281 104 88 18 23 4,767 23Latin America and CPF450 115 126 90 44 8,001 82Mining362 51 50 211 27 3,161 208Total Segments2,150 624 480 652 104 33,866 1,204Unallocated53 (56) 35 1 2 1,648 1Timing(21) (7) — — — 120 1Methodology— 26 (40) — — (215) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (243) —Total$2,182 $587 $475 $653 $106 $35,176 $1,206               |

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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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