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Borrowings
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings
9. Borrowings

Borrowings consist of the following:
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Short-term
 
 
 
Current portion of long-term debt
$
3,581

 
$
3,266

Commercial paper
662,200

 
607,500

 
$
665,781

 
$
610,766



 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Long-term
 
 
 
4.875% 10-year notes due October 15, 2015
$
299,540

 
$
299,441

5.45% 10-year notes due March 15, 2018
348,433

 
348,268

4.30% 10-year notes due March 1, 2021
449,800

 
449,787

6.60% 30-year notes due March 15, 2038
247,815

 
247,771

5.375% 30-year notes due March 1, 2041
345,591

 
345,511

6.65% 30-year debentures due June 1, 2028
199,466

 
199,448

5.375% 30-year debentures due October 15, 2035
296,446

 
296,367

Other
6,301

 
6,023

Total long-term debt
2,193,392

 
2,192,616

Less current installments
(3,581
)
 
(3,266
)
 
$
2,189,811

 
$
2,189,350



The Company maintains a $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility which expires on November 10, 2016.  The Company primarily uses this facility as liquidity back-up for its commercial paper program and has not drawn down any loans under the $1 billion facility and does not anticipate doing so. The Company generally uses commercial paper borrowings for general corporate purposes, funding of acquisitions and the repurchases of its common stock. Under the credit facility, the Company is required to maintain an interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to consolidated net interest expense of not less than 3.0 to 1.  The Company was in compliance with this covenant and its other long-term debt covenants at June 30, 2013, and it expects to remain in compliance with all of its debt covenants.

Interest expense and interest income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Interest expense
$
31,041

 
$
31,473

 
$
61,913

 
$
63,111

Interest income
(761
)
 
(1,758
)
 
(1,389
)
 
(3,365
)
Interest expense, net
$
30,280

 
$
29,715

 
$
60,524

 
$
59,746