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Other (Income) Expense, Net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Other (Income) Expense, Net | Other (Income) Expense, Net Other (income) expense, net, consisted of:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions) | 2018 |  | 2017
Interest income | $ | (85 | ) |  | $ | (97 | )
Interest expense | 185 |  |  | 182 |
Exchange losses (gains) | 7 |  |  | (8 | )
Equity losses from affiliates | 52 |  |  | 13 |
Net periodic defined benefit plan (credit) cost other than service cost | (135 | ) |  | (129 | )
Other, net | (315 | ) |  | (32 | )
| $ | (291 | ) |  | $ | (71 | )
Other, net (as reflected in the table above) includes a $115 million gain on the settlement of certain patent litigation (see Note 8). Interest paid for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was $186 million and $162 million, respectively.

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