Supplemental cash flow information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

(12) Supplemental cash flow information

A summary of supplemental cash flow information for each of the three years ending December 31, 2012 is presented in the following table (in millions).


	2012		2011		2010
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes	$	4,695	$	2,885	$	3,547
Interest:
Insurance and other businesses		352		243		185
Railroad and utilities and energy businesses		1,829		1,821		1,667
Finance and financial products businesses		620		662		708

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Liabilities assumed in connection with business acquisitions		1,751		5,836		31,406
Common stock issued in the acquisition of BNSF		—		—		10,577
Common stock issued in the acquisition of noncontrolling interests in Wesco Financial Corporation		—		245		—
Borrowings assumed in connection with certain property, plant and equipment additions		406		647		—

- 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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