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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure | PENSIONS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s defined benefit retirement plans and other benefit plans for the fiscal third quarters of 2013 and 2012 include the following components:
|  | Retirement Plans |  | Other Benefit Plans
|  | Fiscal Third Quarters Ended
(Dollars in Millions) |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012
Service cost |  | $ | 204 |  |  | 163 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 42 |
Interest cost |  | 226 |  |  | 218 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 41 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (360 | ) |  | (307 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Amortization of prior service cost/(credit) |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Amortization of net transition obligation |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognized actuarial losses |  | 169 |  |  | 123 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 21 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 240 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 102 |
Net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s defined benefit retirement plans and other benefit plans for the fiscal nine months of 2013 and 2012 include the following components:
|  | Retirement Plans |  | Other Benefit Plans
|  | Fiscal Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in Millions) |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012
Service cost |  | $ | 615 |  |  | 492 |  |  | 147 |  |  | 131 |
Interest cost |  | 681 |  |  | 659 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 123 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (1,084 | ) |  | (927 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (3 | )
Amortization of prior service cost/(credit) |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (3 | )
Amortization of net transition obligation |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognized actuarial losses |  | 509 |  |  | 371 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 59 |
Curtailments and settlements |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 725 |  |  | 599 |  |  | 337 |  |  | 307 |
Company Contributions For the fiscal nine months ended September 29, 2013, the Company contributed $45 million and $27 million to its U.S. and international retirement plans, respectively. The Company plans to continue to fund its U.S. defined benefit plans to comply with the Pension Protection Act of 2006. International plans are funded in accordance with local regulations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2235017 + Details
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