Segment and Related Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Segment and Related Information [Abstract]

Segment information

	2011						2010
				Operating						Operating
Three Months	Revenue			Income			Revenue			Income
S&P	$	480.3		$	212.7		$	405.0		$	181.4
MH Financial		333.4			97.8			293.6			83.4
MHE		536.6			42.2			565.1			51.6
I&M		246.0			50.3			224.2			47.5
Intersegment elimination		(15.5	)1		—			(13.8	) 1		—
Total operating segments		1,580.8			403.0			1,474.1			363.9
General corporate expense		—			(44.2	)		—			(37.6	)
Total Company	$	1,580.8		$	358.8	2	$	1,474.1		$	326.3	2

	2011						2010
				Operating						Operating
Six Months	Revenue			Income (Loss)			Revenue			Income (Loss)
S&P	$	923.2		$	403.1		$	806.3		$	370.2
MH Financial		657.4			194.1			572.5			154.6
MHE		839.3			(33.3	)		882.2			(10.2	)
I&M		473.5			87.7			430.4			75.3
Intersegment elimination		(30.7	) 1		—			(27.0	) 1		—
Total operating segments		2,862.7			651.6			2,664.4			589.9
General corporate expense		—			(78.4	)		—			(73.4	)
Total Company	$	2,862.7		$	573.2	2	$	2,664.4		$	516.5	2

1	Revenue for S&P and expenses for MH Financial include an intersegment royalty charged to MH Financial for the rights to use and distribute content and data developed by S&P
2	Income before taxes on income and interest expense, net
See Note 2 — Acquisitions and Dispositions, and Note 11 — Restructuring for actions that impacted the segment operating results.