Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

Recurring Fair Value Measures
		Fair Value as of
		March 31,								December 31,
		2015								2014
(in millions)			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total
Assets
Trading securities		$	42	$	-	$	-	$	42	$	523
Available-for-sale securities			1		121		10		132		132
Interest rate swap agreements			-		91		-		91		84
Other			-		48		8		56		71
Total		$	43	$	260	$	18	$	321	$	810
Liabilities
Derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements
	and indexed debt instruments	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	3	$	361
Contractual obligations			-		-		904		904		883
Contingent consideration			-		-		632		632		644
Other			-		50		-		50		8
Total		$	-	$	53	$	1,536	$	1,589	$	1,896

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Changes in Contractual Obligations and Contingent Consideration
(in millions)		Contractual Obligations		Contingent Consideration
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	883	$	644
Fair value adjustments		40		7
Payments		(19)		(19)
Balance, March 31, 2015	$	904	$	632

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Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Changes in Contractual Obligations
(in millions)		Contractual Obligations
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	883
Fair value adjustments		40
Payments		(19)
Balance, March 31, 2015	$	904

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability.

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