Business segment data (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended September 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings (Loss) on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	63,492	$	—		$	11,000
Natural gas distribution	80,069		—			(8,782		)
Pipeline and energy services	41,302		7,046			3,273
	184,863		7,046			5,491
Exploration and production	100,380		8,076			(87,748		)
Construction materials and contracting	641,500		8,508			41,889
Construction services	246,358		834			9,863
Other	417		1,948			663
	988,655		19,366			(35,333		)
Intersegment eliminations	—		(26,412		)	—
Total	$	1,173,518	$	—		$	(29,842	)



Three Months Ended September 30, 2011	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	61,949	$	—		$	8,312
Natural gas distribution	92,440		—			(11,183		)
Pipeline and energy services	58,459		10,591			5,221
	212,848		10,591			2,350
Exploration and production	96,803		23,956			22,497
Construction materials and contracting	619,134		—			33,103
Construction services	222,822		3,344			5,044
Other	574		2,025			809
	939,333		29,325			61,453
Intersegment eliminations	—		(39,916		)	—
Total	$	1,152,181	$	—		$	63,803



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	174,410	$	—		$	22,977
Natural gas distribution	504,805		—			10,314
Pipeline and energy services	105,184		36,393			21,884
	784,399		36,393			55,175
Exploration and production	289,106		25,114			(56,860		)
Construction materials and contracting	1,229,731		11,756			24,748
Construction services	688,368		1,078			29,951
Other	2,684		4,303			6,705
	2,209,889		42,251			4,544
Intersegment eliminations	—		(78,644		)	—
Total	$	2,994,288	$	—		$	59,719



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	169,780	$	—		$	21,642
Natural gas distribution	627,450		—			18,235
Pipeline and energy services	167,636		47,836			16,913
	964,866		47,836			56,790
Exploration and production	262,604		74,889			60,093
Construction materials and contracting	1,138,280		—			16,680
Construction services	617,699		9,940			15,815
Other	1,294		6,614			2,127
	2,019,877		91,443			94,715
Intersegment eliminations	—		(139,279		)	—
Total	$	2,984,743	$	—		$	151,505

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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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