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Other
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Other [Abstract]  
OTHER
NOTE 10—OTHER
Other general (income) expense — net
Included in Other general (income) expense — net were the following:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
(Thousands of dollars)   June 30,     June 30,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Provisions for environmental matters — net
  $ (702 )   $ 2,785     $ 4,650     $ 4,722  
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    10       2,681       (4,399 )     2,922  
Adjustments to prior provisions for qualified exit costs
    (6 )     (341 )     223       (613 )
 
                       
Other general (income) expense — net
  $ (698 )   $ 5,125     $ 474     $ 7,031  
 
                       
Provisions for environmental matters—net represent site-specific increases or decreases to environmental-related accruals as information becomes available upon which more accurate costs can be reasonably estimated and as additional accounting guidelines are issued. Environmental-related accruals are not recorded net of insurance proceeds in accordance with the Offsetting Subtopic of the Balance Sheet Topic of the ASC. See Note 8 for further details on the Company’s environmental-related activities.
The loss (gain) on disposition of assets represents net realized losses (gains) associated with the disposal of fixed assets previously used in the conduct of the primary business of the Company.
The adjustments to prior provisions for qualified exit costs represent site specific increases or decreases to accrued qualified exit costs as adjustments for costs of employee terminations are required or as information becomes available upon which more accurate amounts can be reasonably estimated. See Note 6 for further details on the Company’s exit or disposal activities.
Other income — net
Included in Other income — net were the following:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
(Thousands of dollars)   June 30,   June 30,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Dividend and royalty income
  $ (1,660 )   $ (1,527 )   $ (2,985 )   $ (2,493 )
Net expense from financing activities
    1,826       2,839       3,949       4,571  
Foreign currency related losses (gains)
    1,605       (8,376 )     2,919       (2,374 )
Other income
    (5,019 )     (2,816 )     (8,336 )     (4,924 )
Other expense
    3,191       325       4,444       2,463  
 
                       
Other income — net
  $ (57 )   $ (9,555 )   $ (9 )   $ (2,757 )
 
                       
The net expense from financing activities includes the net expense relating to the change in the Company’s financing fees.
Foreign currency related losses (gains) included foreign currency transaction gains and losses and realized and unrealized net gains from foreign currency option and forward contracts. The Company had foreign currency option and forward contracts outstanding at June 30, 2011 and 2010. All of the outstanding contracts had maturity dates of less than twelve months and were undesignated hedges with changes in fair value being recognized in earnings in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the ASC. These derivative instrument values were included in either Other current assets or Other accruals and were insignificant at June 30, 2011 and 2010.
Other income and Other expense included items of revenue, gains, expenses and losses that were unrelated to the primary business purpose of the Company. Each individual item within the other income or other expense caption was immaterial; no single category of items exceeded $1.0 million.