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Other (Income) Expenses, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other (Income) Expenses, Net [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Other (Income) Expenses, Net |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Equity (income) loss |  | $ | (15 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 14 |
Interest income |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (18 | )
Foreign currency losses (gains), net |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | (82 | )
Net gain from asset sales |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | (106 | )
Net (gain) loss on mark-to-market derivative contracts (X) |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 62 |
Other, net |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (31 | )
|  | $ | (87 | ) |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (161 | )

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