Other Income, Net

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Other Income, Net

Other Income, Net

Note 11 - Other income, net:

	Six months ended June 30,
	2010			2011
	(In millions)
Securities earnings:
Dividends and interest	$	13.0		$	14.7
Securities transactions, net		.1			.1
Total		13.1			14.8
Equity in earnings of investee		(.1	)		(.2	)
Currency transactions, net		(.4	)		2.4
Insurance recoveries		18.3			.5
Patent litigation settlement gain		—			7.5
Other, net		1.0			.6
Total	$	31.9		$	25.6

Insurance recoveries reflect, in part, amounts we received from certain of our former insurance carriers and relate to the recovery of prior lead pigment and asbestos litigation defense costs incurred by us. In addition, a substantial portion of the insurance recoveries we recognized in the first quarter of 2010 related to the NL litigation settlement discussed in Note 14. The gain on the CompX patent litigation settlement was recognized in the first quarter of 2011 and is discussed in Note 14.