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Income Taxes (Details 1) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016 | Oct. 03, 2015 | Oct. 01, 2016 | Oct. 03, 2015
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax holiday amount |  |  | $ 16 |
Income tax holiday per share benefit |  |  | $ 0.20 |
Effective income tax rate | 14.20% | 10.30% | 12.70% | 13.30%
Discrete international benefit |  | $ 2 |  |
United States [Member] |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marginal effective income tax rate |  |  | 37.50% |
Ireland [Member] |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marginal effective income tax rate |  |  | 12.50% |
United Kingdom [Member] |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marginal effective income tax rate |  |  | 20.00% |
Singapore [Member] |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marginal effective income tax rate |  |  | 0.00% |
Statutory tax rate |  |  | 17.00% |

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