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Other (Income) Expense (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Other (Income) Expense Table |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates |  | $ | (47 | ) |  | $ | (47 | ) |  | $ | (42 | )
Gain upon acquisition of Little Sheep (a) |  | (74 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign exchange net (gain) loss and other (b) |  | 6 |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (1 | )
Other (income) expense |  | $ | (115 | ) |  | $ | (53 | ) |  | $ | (43 | )
(a) | See Note 4 for further details on the acquisition of Little Sheep.
(b) | Includes $6 million for the year ended December 29, 2012 of deal costs related to the acquisition of Little Sheep that were allocated to the China Division for performance reporting purposes.

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