v2.3.0.15

Other Income (Expense) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Other Income (Expense) |
Other Income (expense) |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Equity earnings (losses) |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 9 |  | $ | 5 |
Realized gain on sale of investments |  | 1 |  | — |  | 10 |  | 1 |
Loss on disposal of businesses |  | — |  | (8 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | )
Loss on extinguishment of debt |  | — |  | — |  | (19 | ) | — |
Other |  | 1 |  | — |  | 2 |  | (1 | )
|  | $ | 7 |  | $ | (9 | ) | $ | 1 |  | $ | 3 |

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