Supplemental cash flow information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Note 13. Supplemental cash flow information

A summary of supplemental cash flow information for the first six months of 2011 and 2010 is presented in the following table (in millions).

	First Six Months
	2011		2010
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes	$	802	$	2,319
Interest of insurance and other businesses		115		80
Interest of railroad, utilities and energy businesses		904		790
Interest of finance and financial products businesses		340		361

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Liabilities assumed in connection with acquisition of BNSF		—		30,968
Common stock issued in connection with acquisition of BNSF		—		10,577
Common stock issued in connection with acquisition of noncontrolling interests in Wesco Financial Corporation		245

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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