Business Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

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

	Three Months Ended June 30,									Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Sales					Earnings				Sales				Earnings
	2014			2015		2014		2015		2014		2015		2014		2015
Process Management	$	2,317		2,084		473		373		6,466		6,225		1,229		1,064
Industrial Automation	1,289			990		214		156		3,670		3,176		563		464
Network Power	1,237			1,028		107		37		3,711		3,210		286		150
Climate Technologies	1,191			1,125		250		222		3,018		3,007		543		518
Commercial & Residential Solutions	492			477		108		98		1,418		1,422		307		292
	6,526			5,704		1,152		886		18,283		17,040		2,928		2,488
Differences in accounting methods						63		54						180		165
Corporate and other						(97	)	(104	)					(429	)	638
Eliminations/Interest	(214		)	(201	)	(46	)	(40	)	(553	)	(550	)	(147	)	(126	)
Total	$	6,312		5,503		1,072		796		17,730		16,490		2,532		3,165

Industrial Automation intersegment sales for the quarters ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were $184 million and $194 million, respectively, and year-to-date $496 million and $492 million. The year-to-date change in corporate and other primarily reflects the $932 million gain on the divestiture of power transmission solutions (see Note 11). The change also reflects lower 2015 stock compensation of $56 million and favorable comparative impacts from 2014 items, including a $34 million loss from an equity investment, accelerated charitable contributions of $28 million and purchase accounting inventory costs of $20 million.