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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Assets, Liabilities and Net Assets of Company's Argentinean Subsidiaries |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021
|  | (In millions)
Assets |  | $ 2,573 |  | $ 2,479
Liabilities |  | 1,888 |  | 1,874
Net Assets |  | $ 685 |  | $ 605
Summary Of Changes In Accumulated Balances Of Other Comprehensive Loss |
|  | Unrealized |  | Foreign |  | Estimated tax |  |  |
|  | Gains (losses) on |  | Currency |  | benefit |  |  |
|  | hedging activities, net |  | Translation |  | (expense) |  | Total |
|  | (In millions)
Balances as of December 31, 2021 |  | $ 8 |  | $ (523) |  | $ — |  | $ (515) |
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications |  | (33) |  | — |  | 8 |  | (25) |
Amount of (gains) loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 18 |  | — |  | (5) |  | 13 |
Net current period other comprehensive loss |  | (15) |  | — |  | 3 |  | (12) |
Balances as of September 30, 2022 |  | $ (7) |  | $ (523) |  | $ 3 |  | $ (527) |
Reclassifications Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|  | Amount of (Loss) Gain |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Reclassified from |  |  |  |  |  |
Details about Accumulated |  | Accumulated Other |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Comprehensive Loss |  | Comprehensive |  | Affected Line Item
Components |  | Loss |  | in the Statement of Income
|  | (In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized losses on hedging activities |  | $ (18) |  | Cost of net revenues and interest expense
Estimated tax benefit on unrealized losses |  | 5 |  | Income tax expense
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ (13) |  | Total, net of income taxes

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