Supplemental cash flow information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

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Supplemental cash flow information

A summary of supplemental cash flow information for each of the three years ending December 31, 2011 is presented in the following table (in millions).


	2011		2010		2009
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes	$	2,885	$	3,547	$	2,032
Interest:
Insurance and other businesses		243		185		145
Railroad, utilities and energy businesses		1,821		1,667		1,142
Finance and financial products businesses		662		708		615

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions		5,836		31,406		278
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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