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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Fair Value Measurements (Tables) [Abstract] |
Summary of financial instruments recognized at fair value and fair value measurement used | A summary of financial instruments recognized at fair value, and the fair value measurements used, follows:
| Total |  | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) |  | Other observable inputs (Level 2) |  | Unobservable inputs (Level 3)
June 30, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash | $ | 628 |  |  | $ | 628 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Short-term investments | 368 |  |  | 368 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net derivative contracts | (13 | ) |  | — |  |  | (13 | ) |  | — |
Long-term debt converted to floating interest rates by interest rate swaps - net | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash | $ | 577 |  |  | $ | 577 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Short-term investments | 527 |  |  | 527 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net derivative contracts | 83 |  |  | — |  |  | 83 |  |  | — |
Long-term debt converted to floating interest rates by interest rate swaps - net | 87 |  |  | — |  |  | 87 |  |  | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a),(b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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