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Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

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Schedule of Activity of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The following summarizes the activity for the first six months of 2025 related to the allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2025:

(in millions)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
Balance at December 31, 2024						$	247
Provisions/charges to income						52
Amounts charged off and other deductions						(19)
Balance at June 30, 2025						$	280

Schedule of Components of Long-Term Investments

The components of long-term investments are as follows:

(in millions)						June 30, 2025						December 31, 2024
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities						$	619					$	553
Other						339						333
Total						$	958					$	886

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Tabular disclosure of allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479319/326-20-50-13

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