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Accounting Policies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies |
Schedule of impact of revisions on the Company's previously issued full-year consolidated statement of operations | 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 | )
Schedule of impact of revisions on the Company's previously issued quarterly consolidated statements of operations | 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 |
Schedule of impact of revisions on the Company's previously issued consolidated balance sheets | 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 |
Schedule of impact of revisions on the Company's previously issued consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows | 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 |

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