Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

Summarized information about the Company's results of operations by business segment follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	Sales					Earnings
	2013			2014		2013		2014
Process Management	$	2,041		2,099		373		392
Industrial Automation	1,149			1,152		162		164
Network Power	1,303			1,119		83		79
Climate Technologies	786			900		107		126
Commercial & Residential Solutions	466			480		100		103
	5,745			5,750		825		864
Differences in accounting methods						57		58
Corporate and other						(185	)	(111	)
Eliminations/Interest	(139		)	(163	)	(54	)	(46	)
Total	$	5,606		5,587		643		765

Industrial Automation intersegment sales for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $145 million and $116 million, respectively. The decrease in corporate and other primarily reflects lower incentive stock compensation of $27 million, lower inventory costs of $20 million from purchase accounting, and a $30 million favorable comparative impact from accelerating 2014 charitable contributions into the first quarter of last year.