(In millions) | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||
GE | ||||||||
Purchases and sales of business interests(a) | $ | 1,777 | $ | 574 | $ | 3,804 | ||
Licensing and royalty income | 320 | 290 | 304 | |||||
Marketable securities and bank deposits | 54 | 38 | 52 | |||||
Associated companies(b) | 40 | 1,545 | 894 | |||||
Interest income from GECC | 21 | 114 | 206 | |||||
Other items(c) | 674 | 96 | 8 | |||||
2,886 | 2,657 | 5,268 | ||||||
Eliminations | 222 | (94) | (205) | |||||
Total | $ | 3,108 | $ | 2,563 | $ | 5,063 | ||
(a) Included a pre-tax gain of $1,096 million on the sale of our 49% common equity interest in NBCU LLC and $3,705 million related to formation of NBCU LLC, in 2013 and 2011, respectively. See Note 2.
(b) Included income of $1,416 million and $789 million from our former equity method investment in NBCU LLC, in 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(c) Included net gains on asset sales of $330 million in 2013.