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Sale of Accounts Receivable (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012
Sale of Accounts Receivable [Abstract] |  |  |
Maximum amount provided under accounts receivable securitization facility excluded in lines of credit | $ 1,000,000,000 |  |
Receivables sold under securitization facility derecognized during the period | 1,600,000,000 |  |
Cash payments received in exchange for the transfer of accounts receivable | 1,000,000,000 |  |
Deferred receivables consideration | 597,000,000 |  | 900,000,000
Proceeds received in cash from transfers of receivables to purchasers | 9,800,000,000 | 355,000,000 |
Cash collections on deferred consideration | 9,800,000,000 | 355,000,000 |
Loss on transfer of accounts receivables to purchasers | $ 1,000,000 | $ 1,000,000 |

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- Definition Deferred purchase price receivable recorded at the balance sheet date related to the Company's securitization program. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 140 -Paragraph 17 -Subparagraph h -Clause 4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Staff Position (FSP) -Number FAS140-4/FIN46(R)-8 -Paragraph B11 -Subparagraph a -Clause 3 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107425-111719 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 01-6 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph d -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition This includes only the derecognized portion of the total principal amount of financial assets which have been either securitized, used in an asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfers which are accounted for as sales and in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107314-111719 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 140 -Paragraph 17 -Subparagraph f -Subclause a -Clause 2 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Staff Position (FSP) -Number FAS140-4/FIN46(R)-8 -Paragraph B11 -Subparagraph b -Subclause b -Clause 1 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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