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Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Repurchase of Shares of the Company's Common Stock |
|  | Shares Repurchased (thousands) |  |  | Dollar Value of Shares Repurchased |
Authorization Date |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |  |  |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |  |
November 2012 |  | 1,069 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | $ | 47 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |
November 2011 |  | 11,035 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |
January 2011 |  | 2,787 |  |  |  | 10,864 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 188 |  |  |  | 562 |  |  |  | — |  |
March 2010 |  | — |  |  |  | 3,441 |  |  |  | 2,161 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 107 |  |
September 2009 |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,598 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 283 |  |
Total |  | 14,891 |  | (a) |  | 14,305 |  | (b) |  | 9,759 |  | (b) |  | $ | 985 |  | (a) |  | $ | 733 |  | (b) |  | $ | 390 |  | (b)
(a) | 2012 amount includes the effect of $20 million in share repurchases (0.3 million shares) with trade dates prior to December 29, 2012 but with settlement dates subsequent to December 29, 2012.
(b) | 2011 amount excludes and 2010 amount includes the effect of $19 million in share repurchases (0.4 million shares) with trade dates prior to the 2010 fiscal year end but cash settlement dates subsequent to the 2010 fiscal year.
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | The following table gives further detail regarding the composition of Accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Refer to Note 14 for additional information about our pension and post-retirement plan accounting and Note 12 for additional information about our derivative instruments.
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature, net of tax |  | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 140 |
Pension and post-retirement losses, net of tax |  | (286 | ) |  | (375 | )
Net unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net of tax |  | (12 | ) |  | (12 | )
Total Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | $ | (132 | ) |  | $ | (247 | )

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