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Other Income, Net | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Income, Net | Note 11—Other income, net:
| Six months ended June 30, |
| 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
| (In millions) |
Securities earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends and interest | $ | 13.3 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |
Securities transactions, net |  | .1 |  |  |  | .2 |
Total |  | 13.4 |  |  |  | 13.4 |
currency transactions, net |  | (.1 | ) |  |  | 1.3 |
Insurance recoveries |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 3.4 |
Other, net |  | .8 |  |  |  | 1.4 |
Total | $ | 15.3 |  |  | $ | 19.5 |
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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- 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 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=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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