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Stockholders' equity (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions |  | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 08, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Apr. 24, 2018 | Jan. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares repurchased | 52.1 |  |  | 56.4 | 3.4 |  |
Stock repurchase program, tender offer amount |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000,000 |  |  |
Amount available for stock repurchases under a board approved stock repurchase plan |  | $ 3,600,000,000 |  | $ 3,600,000,000 |  |  |
Dividends declared per share (in usd per share) |  | $ 1.32 | $ 1.32 |  |  |  |
Dividends paid per share (in usd per share) |  | $ 1.32 |  | $ 1.32 | $ 1.15 |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, additional authorized amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000,000.0
Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, additional authorized amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,000,000,000.0 |

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