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Other (Income) Expense (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013
Other Income and Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gains on sales of assets | $ (163) | $ (6) | $ (197) | $ (27)
Marketable Securities, (Gain) Loss | 0 | (2) | 0 | (7)
Loss (Gain) on foreign exchange hedges | 102 | (26) | 102 | 25
Other - net | 5 | (1) | 19 | (1)
Other (Income) Expense - Net | (56) | (35) | (76) | (10)
JV Conversion [Member] |  |  |  |
Other Income and Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gains on sales of assets | $ (156) |  | $ (156) |

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- Definition Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets, equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee. This element also includes the amount of gain (loss) on dilutions of equity. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments in debt and equity securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7(c)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27405-111563 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 7 -Article 5 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -Subparagraph (a),(c)-(e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27357-111563 + Details
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