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Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities

Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities

		December 31,
(US$ in millions)		2010			2009
Lines of credit:
Secured		$	15		$	—
Unsecured, variable interest rates from 1.27% to 18.70%			1,703			166
Total short-term debt		$	1,718		$	166

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This element may be used to capture the complete disclosure about short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance-sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Article 5

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