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COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) | 6 Months Ended
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18. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) The following table summarizes the components of comprehensive income (loss):
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Net income |  | $ | 312 |  | $ | 1,787 |  | $ | 547 |  | $ | 1,867 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange translation adjustment, net of tax expense of $0 |  | 361 |  | (277 | ) | 658 |  | (391 | )
Unrealized gains (losses) on commodity futures and foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0 and $(2) in 2011, $1 and $0 in 2010 |  | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | 3 |  | 1 |
Unrealized gains on investments, net of tax expense of $0 in 2010 |  | — |  | (1 | ) | — |  | (1 | )
Reclassification of realized net losses (gains) to net income, net of tax expense of $1 in 2010 |  | — |  | (1 | ) | — |  | — |
Pension adjustment, net of taxes |  | — |  | — |  | (2 | ) | — |
Other postretirement healthcare subsidy tax deduction adjustment |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 2 |
Total comprehensive income |  | 672 |  | 1,506 |  | 1,206 |  | 1,478 |
Less: Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest |  | (6 | ) | 18 |  | (17 | ) | 19 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to Bunge |  | $ | 666 |  | $ | 1,524 |  | $ | 1,189 |  | $ | 1,497 |

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- Definition This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 130 -Paragraph 14-26 + Details
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