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Other Income, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Income, Net | Other Income, Net
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Equity loss (income) |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (15 | )
Interest income |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | (20 | )
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net |  |  | (33 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | 16 |
Net gain from asset sales |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (321 | ) |  |  | (41 | )
Net gain on mark-to-market derivative contracts (X) |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (52 | )
Other, net |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 25 |
|  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (341 | ) |  | $ | (87 | )

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