Comprehensive Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax are as follows:



	March 31,			December 31,
($ in thousands)	2012			2011

Pension costs	$	567,427		$	575,163
Postretirement costs		42,403			41,811
Deferred taxes on pension and OPEB costs		(227,283	)		(230,161	)
All other		149			150
	$	382,696		$	386,963

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Our other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

				2012
	Before-Tax			Tax Expense/			Net-of-Tax
($ in thousands)	Amount			(Benefit)			Amount

Amortization of pension and postretirement costs	$	7,145		$	2,878		$	4,267
All other		-			-			-
Other comprehensive income	$	7,145		$	2,878		$	4,267

					2011
	Before-Tax			Tax Expense/			Net-of-Tax
	Amount			(Benefit)			Amount

Amortization of pension and postretirement costs	$	3,334		$	1,199		$	2,135
All other		(750	)		(270	)		(480	)
Other comprehensive income	$	2,584		$	929		$	1,655

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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