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Other Non-Operating Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Other Non Operating Expense Tables [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Other Nonoperating Expense By Component [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in millions)
InnoVent |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | -
China generation and wind |  |  | - |  |  | 79 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 79
Other |  |  | - |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3
Total other-non operating expense |  | $ | - |  | $ | 82 |  | $ | 50 |  | $ | 82

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the detailed components of other nonoperating expenses. This disclosure may include methodology, assumptions and amounts for : (a) losses on securities (net of profits) and (b) miscellaneous income deductions. + References No definition available. + Details
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