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Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Quartertly Financial Data [Abstract] |
Quarterly financial data |
(Millions, except per share amounts) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Quarters Ended |  |  | 12/31 |  |  | 9/30 |  |  | 6/30 |  |  | 3/31 |  |  | 12/31 |  |  | 9/30 |  |  | 6/30 |  |  | 3/31
Total revenues net of interest expense |  | $ | 9,107 |  | $ | 8,329 |  | $ | 8,657 |  | $ | 8,199 |  | $ | 8,547 |  | $ | 8,301 |  | $ | 8,245 |  | $ | 7,881
Pretax income |  |  | 2,225 |  |  | 2,246 |  |  | 2,312 |  |  | 2,208 |  |  | 1,980 |  |  | 2,004 |  |  | 1,995 |  |  | 1,909
Net income |  |  | 1,447 |  |  | 1,477 |  |  | 1,529 |  |  | 1,432 |  |  | 1,308 |  |  | 1,366 |  |  | 1,405 |  |  | 1,280
Earnings Per Common Share — Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net income attributable to common |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | shareholders(a) |  | $ | 1.40 |  | $ | 1.41 |  | $ | 1.44 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | $ | 1.22 |  | $ | 1.26 |  | $ | 1.28 |  | $ | 1.15
Earnings Per Common Share — Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net income attributable to common |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | shareholders(a) |  |  | 1.39 |  |  | 1.40 |  |  | 1.43 |  |  | 1.33 |  |  | 1.21 |  |  | 1.25 |  |  | 1.27 |  |  | 1.15
Cash dividends declared per common share |  |  | 0.26 |  |  | 0.26 |  |  | 0.26 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.20
Common share price: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | High |  |  | 94.89 |  |  | 96.24 |  |  | 96.04 |  |  | 94.35 |  |  | 90.79 |  |  | 78.63 |  |  | 78.61 |  |  | 67.48
|  | Low |  | $ | 78.41 |  | $ | 85.75 |  | $ | 83.99 |  | $ | 82.63 |  | $ | 72.08 |  | $ | 71.47 |  | $ | 63.43 |  | $ | 58.31
Represents net income, less earnings allocated to participating share awards of $11 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, $11 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, $12 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, $12 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, $11 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, $12 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, $13 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 and $11 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35737889&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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