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Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | Accrued Expenses and Other Payables The following table sets forth the items in accrued expenses and other payables:
| December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
| (In millions)
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | 1,054 |
Other accruals and payables | 3,966 |  |  | 3,467 |
| $ | 4,790 |  |  | $ | 4,521 |

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