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Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings (Losses) of Noncontrolling Interest and Equity Method Investments [Abstract] |
Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller | Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller: Pre-tax earnings from Altria Group, Inc.’s equity investment in SABMiller consisted of the following:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Equity earnings |  | $ | 214 |  |  | $ | 199 |
Gains resulting from issuances of common stock by SABMiller |  | 11 |  |  | 57 |
|  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 256 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658923&loc=d3e32847-111569 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658923&loc=d3e32787-111569 + Details
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