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Accounting Policies (Policies) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies |
Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements | Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements. During the first quarter ended March 31, 2014, the Company identified an error in the accounting for certain of its investments in private equity limited partnership funds. The investments were inappropriately accounted for under the cost basis versus the equity method. The impact of the error was to under report the investment value (included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets) and to over (under) state equity investment earnings (loss) (included in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations). We have revised our first quarter 2013 consolidated statement of operations and prior year consolidated balance sheet in these financial statements to reflect the investment accounted for as an equity investment. Retained earnings and other comprehensive income were adjusted for the changes in net income. Other historic periods will be revised, as detailed below, in our future filings. This error is not considered material to any prior period financial statement. This revision has no effect on our consolidated statement of cash flows. The following table presents the impact of the revisions on the Company’s previously issued full-year consolidated statement of operations (in millions):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Other income (expense), net |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | (239 | ) | $ | (229 | ) | $ | (177 | )
Correction |  | 16 |  | — |  | 9 |
As revised |  | $ | (223 | ) | $ | (229 | ) | $ | (168 | )
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 434 |  | $ | 73 |  | $ | (392 | )
Correction |  | 16 |  | — |  | 9 |
As revised |  | $ | 450 |  | $ | 73 |  | $ | (383 | )
Income (loss) from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 323 |  | $ | (18 | ) | $ | (352 | )
Correction |  | 16 |  | — |  | 9 |
As revised |  | $ | 339 |  | $ | (18 | ) | $ | (343 | )
Net income (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 313 |  | $ | (79 | ) | $ | (533 | )
Correction |  | 16 |  | — |  | 9 |
As revised |  | $ | 329 |  | $ | (79 | ) | $ | (524 | )
The following table presents the impact of the revisions on the Company’s previously issued quarterly consolidated statements of operations (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended |
|  | Dec. 31 |  | Sep. 30 |  | June 30 |  | Mar. 31 |  | Dec. 31 |  | Sep. 30 |  | June 30 |  | Mar. 31 |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Other income (expense), net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | (71 | ) | $ | (58 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | (53 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | (66 | ) | $ | (49 | )
Correction |  | 3 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | (2 | ) | (9 | )
As revised |  | $ | (68 | ) | $ | (52 | ) | $ | (56 | ) | $ | (47 | ) | $ | (53 | ) | $ | (50 | ) | $ | (68 | ) | $ | (58 | )
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 70 |  | $ | 154 |  | $ | 131 |  | $ | 79 |  | $ | (26 | ) | $ | 51 |  | $ | (12 | ) | $ | 60 |
Correction |  | 3 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | (2 | ) | (9 | )
As revised |  | $ | 73 |  | $ | 160 |  | $ | 132 |  | $ | 85 |  | $ | (22 | ) | $ | 58 |  | $ | (14 | ) | $ | 51 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 50 |  | $ | 116 |  | $ | 92 |  | $ | 65 |  | $ | (63 | ) | $ | 35 |  | $ | (43 | ) | $ | 53 |
Correction |  | 3 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | (2 | ) | (9 | )
As revised |  | $ | 53 |  | $ | 122 |  | $ | 93 |  | $ | 71 |  | $ | (59 | ) | $ | 42 |  | $ | (45 | ) | $ | 44 |
Net income (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 56 |  | $ | 114 |  | $ | 87 |  | $ | 56 |  | $ | (80 | ) | $ | 24 |  | $ | (67 | ) | $ | 44 |
Correction |  | 3 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | (2 | ) | (9 | )
As revised |  | $ | 59 |  | $ | 120 |  | $ | 88 |  | $ | 62 |  | $ | (76 | ) | $ | 31 |  | $ | (69 | ) | $ | 35 |
The following table presents the impact of the revisions on the Company’s previously issued consolidated balance sheets (in millions):
|  | As of |  |  |
|  | Dec. 31 |  | Sep. 30 |  | June 30 |  | Mar. 31 |  | As of |
|  | 2013 |  | Dec. 31, 2012 |
Other assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 161 |  | $ | 166 |  | $ | 173 |  | $ | 182 |  | $ | 184 |
Correction |  | 24 |  | 21 |  | 15 |  | 14 |  | 8 |
As revised |  | $ | 185 |  | $ | 187 |  | $ | 188 |  | $ | 196 |  | $ | 192 |
Total assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 6,933 |  | $ | 7,059 |  | $ | 7,062 |  | $ | 6,779 |  | $ | 6,875 |
Correction |  | 24 |  | 21 |  | 15 |  | 14 |  | 8 |
As revised |  | $ | 6,957 |  | $ | 7,080 |  | $ | 7,077 |  | $ | 6,793 |  | $ | 6,883 |
Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements. As previously disclosed, during the third quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company identified an error related to the classification of cash and cash investments. Foreign short-term bank deposits with terms ranging from three months to twelve months were incorrectly classified as cash and cash investments rather than short-term bank deposits. The statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 has been revised. Other historic periods will be revised, as detailed below, in our future filings. These classification errors were not considered material to any prior period financial statements. This revision had no effect on our consolidated results of operations. The following table presents the impact of the revisions on the Company’s previously issued consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows (all cash flow figures are year-to-date, in millions).
|  | Mar. 31, |  | June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2013 |
Cash and cash investments |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | 1,032 |  | $ | 1,223 |
As revised |  | $ | 828 |  | $ | 1,028 |
Short-term bank deposits |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | — |  | — |
As revised |  | $ | 204 |  | $ | 195 |
Net cash (for) from investing activities |  |  |  |  |
As reported |  | $ | (30 | ) | $ | (51 | )
As revised |  | $ | 70 |  | $ | 62 |
The revisions did not significantly impact the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash investments in either quarter above. These changes will be reflected in the revised statements of cash flows, in future filings.

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