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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Financial Information for Discontinued Operations | Selected financial information for the discontinued operations, during the period owned by the Company, was as follows, in millions:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net Sales |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | 86 |  |  | $ | 194 |  |  | $ | 255 |
Operating loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | (30 | )
Impairment of assets |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Loss before income tax |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (36 | )
Income tax expense (benefit) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 8 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | (44 | )
Balance Sheet Items Reclassified as Held for Sale | The following balance sheet items have been reclassified as held for sale:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Receivables |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Inventories |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 66 |
Prepaid expenses and other |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |
Property and equipment, net |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 103 |
Total assets |  | $ | 192 |  |  | $ | 203 |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 31 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 14 |
Deferred income taxes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 49 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2443-110228 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 + Details
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