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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) and Effective Tax Rate | The Company's income tax expense and effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (dollars in millions)
Income tax expense | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Effective tax rate | 14 | % |  | 16 | % |  | 16 | % |  | 14 | %
Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) associated with Unusual or Infrequent Items | The Company’s effective tax rate was also impacted by the tax expense (benefit) associated with unusual or infrequent items for the respective interim period as illustrated in the following table:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in millions)
Tax credits (1) | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (22 | )
Withholding taxes (2) | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |
Other change in tax reserves (3) | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 1 |
Other adjustments (4) | (3 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (2 | )
Income tax benefit associated with unusual or infrequent items | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (19 | )

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