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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) [Abstract] |
Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |
|  | Foreign |  | Deferred |  |  |  |  | Unrealized |  |  |
|  | Currency |  | Gain (Loss) |  | Pension |  | Gain (Loss) |  |  |
|  | Translation |  | on Hedging |  | Liability |  | On |  |  |
|  | Adjustment |  | Activities |  | Adjustment |  | Investments |  | Total
|  | (In millions)
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 136 |  | $ | 4 |  | $ | (590) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (450)
Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
before reclassifications |  |  | (148) |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9 |  |  | (37) |  |  | (167)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI |  |  | - |  |  | 3 |  |  | 15 |  |  | - |  |  | 18
Tax effect |  |  | 3 |  |  | (5) |  |  | (1) |  |  | 11 |  |  | 8
Net current period other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
comprehensive income |  |  | (145) |  |  | 7 |  |  | 23 |  |  | (26) |  |  | (141)
Balance at March 31, 2013 |  | $ | (9) |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | (567) |  | $ | (26) |  | $ | (591)
Details about AOCI Components |
|  | Amount |  |
|  | reclassified |  | Affected line item in the
Details about AOCI components |  | from AOCI |  | consolidated statements of earnings
|  | (In millions) |  |
Deferred gain (loss) on hedging activities |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | 2 |  | Cost of products sold
|  |  | 1 |  | Net sales and other operating income
|  |  | 3 |  | Total before tax
|  |  | (1) |  | Tax
|  | $ | 2 |  | Net of tax
Pension liability adjustment |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of defined benefit |  |  |  |  |
pension items: |  |  |  |  |
Prior service costs |  | $ | (4) |  |
Actuarial gains (losses) |  |  | 19 |  |
|  |  | 15 |  | Total before tax
|  |  | - |  | Tax
|  |  | 15 |  | Net of tax

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20435746&loc=SL7669686-108580 + Details
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