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Other Income (Expense) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Other Income (Expense) |
Other Income (Expense) |
4. Other Income (Expense) Other income (expense) consists of the following (in millions):
|  | 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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- Definition Discloses other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that should be disclosed in this note, or in the income statement, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 -Article 5 + Details
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