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Earnings per share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share, Basic And Diluted |
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
| September 30 |  |  | September 30 |
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data) | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 785 |  |  | $ | 916 |  |  | $ | 2,298 |  |  | $ | 2,760 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average shares outstanding | 334,472,324 |  |  | 340,888,648 |  |  | 337,083,498 |  |  | 340,905,322 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based compensation plans | 3,201,656 |  |  | 2,929,089 |  |  | 3,298,569 |  |  | 3,146,728 |
Weighted-average shares outstanding and assumed conversions | 337,673,980 |  |  | 343,817,737 |  |  | 340,382,067 |  |  | 344,052,050 |
Basic earnings per share | $ | 2.35 |  |  | $ | 2.68 |  |  | $ | 6.82 |  |  | $ | 8.09 |
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 2.32 |  |  | $ | 2.66 |  |  | $ | 6.75 |  |  | $ | 8.02 |
Potential anti-dilutive share conversions | 1,227,575 |  |  | 1,215,884 |  |  | 1,410,340 |  |  | 1,429,514 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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