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Fair Value of Financial Investments and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Financial Investments Included in Other Assets | Financial investments included in other assets were as follows, in millions:
|  | At December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Total recurring investments |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 22 |
Private equity funds |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 86 |
Other investments |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 4 |
Total non-recurring investments |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 90 |
Total |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 112 |
Company's Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities | The Company’s investments in available-for-sale securities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows, in millions:
|  |  |  |  | Pre-tax |  |  |  |
|  | Cost Basis |  |  | Unrealized Gains |  |  | Unrealized Losses |  |  | Recorded Basis |
December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
Recurring Fair Value Measurements | Financial investments and (liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis at each reporting period and the amounts for each level within the fair value hierarchy were as follows, in millions:
|  |  |  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |
|  | Dec. 31, 2012 |  |  | Quoted Market Prices (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
Total |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
|  |  |  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |
|  | Dec. 31, 2011 |  |  | Quoted Market Prices (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Auction rate securities |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
Total |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |
Changes in Level 3 Financial Investments Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | The following table summarizes the changes in Level 3 financial investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis, in millions:
|  | Auction Rate Securities December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Fair value January 1 |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Total losses included in earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized losses |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Purchases, issuances, settlements |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Fair value at December 31 |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurements | Financial investments measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis during 2012 and the amounts for each level within the fair value hierarchy were as follows, in millions:
|  |  |  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |
|  | Dec. 31, 2012 |  |  | Quoted Market Prices (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  | Total Gains (Losses) |
Private equity funds |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (2 | )
|  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (2 | )
Income from Financial Investments, Net, Included in Other, Net, within Other Income (Expense), Net, and Impairment Charges for Financial Investments | Income from financial investments, net, included in other, net, within other income (expense), net, and impairment charges for financial investments were as follows, in millions:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Realized gains from marketable securities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 10 |
Realized losses from marketable securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8 | )
Income from other investments, net |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 7 |
Income from financial investments, net |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 9 |
Impairment charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asahi Tec |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (28 | )
Private equity funds |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | )
Other private investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | )
Total impairment charges |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (34 | )

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