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NOTES PAYABLE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments | A summary of notes payable follows:
(In millions) | March 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |
8.50% senior notes due May 2019 | $ | 850 |  |  | $ | 850 |  |
6.45% senior notes due August 2040 | 448 |  | (1) | 448 |  | (1)
6.90% senior notes due December 2039 | 396 |  | (2) | 396 |  | (2)
3.45% senior notes due August 2015 | 300 |  |  | 300 |  |
2.65% senior notes due February 2017 | 400 |  |  | 0 |  |
4.00% senior notes due February 2022 | 349 |  | (3) | 0 |  |
Yen-denominated Uridashi notes: |  |  |  |
2.26% notes due September 2016 (principal amount 8 billion yen) | 97 |  |  | 103 |  |
Yen-denominated Samurai notes: |  |  |  |
1.47% notes due July 2014 (principal amount 28.7 billion yen) | 349 |  |  | 369 |  |
1.87% notes due June 2012 (principal amount 26.6 billion yen) | 324 |  |  | 342 |  |
1.84% notes due July 2016 (principal amount 15.8 billion yen) | 192 |  |  | 203 |  |
Variable interest rate notes due July 2014 (1.35% in 2012 and 1.34% in 2011, principal amount 5.5 billion yen) | 67 |  |  | 71 |  |
Yen-denominated loans: |  |  |  |
3.60% loan due July 2015 (principal amount 10 billion yen) | 122 |  |  | 129 |  |
3.00% loan due August 2015 (principal amount 5 billion yen) | 61 |  |  | 64 |  |
Capitalized lease obligations payable through 2022 | 9 |  |  | 10 |  |
Total notes payable | $ | 3,964 |  |  | $ | 3,285 |  |
(1) $450 issuance net of a $2 underwriting discount that is being amortized over the life of the notes (2) $400 issuance net of a $4 underwriting discount that is being amortized over the life of the notes (3) $350 issuance net of a $1 underwriting discount that is being amortized over the life of the notes

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