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Other Income and Expense | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE | 12. OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE) Other income was $18 million and $16 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 respectively, and generally includes gains on asset sales and extinguishments of liabilities, favorable judgments on contingencies and income from miscellaneous transactions. The components of other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in millions)
Loss on sale and disposal of assets |  | $ | 24 |  | $ | 10
Other |  |  | 5 |  |  | 5
Total other expense |  | $ | 29 |  | $ | 15
Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 of $29 million and $15 million, respectively, was primarily comprised of losses on the disposal of assets at Eletropaulo. Other expense g enerally includes losses on asset sales, losses on the extinguishment of debt, contingencies and losses from miscellaneous transactions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 5 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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