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Other income, net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Other income, net | Note 12—Other income, net:
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (In millions) |
Securities earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends and interest |  | $ | 7.1 |  |  | $ | 6.5 |
Securities transactions, net |  |  | — |  |  |  | .1 |
Total |  |  | 7.1 |  |  |  | 6.6 |
Equity in earnings of investee |  |  | .1 |  |  |  | (.3 | )
Currency transactions, net |  |  | .1 |  |  |  | 1.7 |
Insurance recoveries |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | .6 |
Other, net |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | .2 |
Total |  | $ | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 8.8 |
Insurance recoveries reflect, in part, amounts we received from certain of our former insurance carriers and relate to the recovery of prior lead pigment and asbestos litigation defense costs incurred by NL.

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