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Other Income, Net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract] |
Other Income, Net | Note 11—Other income, net:
| Three months ended March 31, |
| 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
| (In millions) |
Securities earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends and interest | $ | 6.7 |  |  | $ | 6.6 |
Securities transactions, net |  | .1 |  |  |  | .1 |
Total |  | 6.8 |  |  |  | 6.7 |
Foreign currency transactions, net |  | (2.7 | ) |  |  | 1.6 |
Insurance recoveries |  | .8 |  |  |  | 3.1 |
Other, net |  | .2 |  |  |  | .7 |
Total | $ | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 12.1 |
Insurance recoveries reflect, in part, amounts NL received from certain of its former insurance carriers and relate to the recovery of prior lead pigment and asbestos litigation defense costs incurred by NL.

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