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Earnings Per Share And Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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May 04, 2013
Earnings Per Share And Shareholders' Equity [Abstract] |
Shares Utilized For The Calculation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share | The following table provides shares utilized for the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2013 and 2012:
| First Quarter
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (in millions)
Weighted-average Common Shares: |  |  |
Issued Shares | 305 |  |  | 299 |
Treasury Shares | (16 | ) |  | (7 | )
Basic Shares | 289 |  |  | 292 |
Effect of Dilutive Options and Restricted Stock | 6 |  |  | 9 |
Diluted Shares | 295 |  |  | 301 |
Anti-dilutive Options and Awards (a) | 2 |  |  | 1 |
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(a) | These options and awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.
Schedule Of Company's Repurchase Program | Under the authority of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company repurchased shares of its common stock under the following repurchase programs during the first quarter of 2013 and 2012:
| Amount Authorized |  | Shares Repurchased |  | Amount Repurchased |  | Average Stock Price of Shares Repurchased within Program
Repurchase Program |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
| (in millions) |  | (in thousands) |  | (in millions) |  |
November 2012 (a) | $ | 250 |  |  | 1,217 |  |  | NA |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | NA |  |  | $ | 44.91 |
February 2012 (b) | 500 |  |  | NA |  |  | 4,594 |  |  | NA |  |  | $ | 217 |  |  | 47.13 |
November 2011 | 250 |  |  | NA |  |  | 3,657 |  |  | NA |  |  | 164 |  |  | 44.90 |
Total |  |  | 1,217 |  |  | 8,251 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 381 |  |  |
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(a) | The November 2012 repurchase program had $184 million remaining as of May 4, 2013.
(b) | The February 2012 repurchase program had $50 million remaining at the time it was cancelled in conjunction with the approval of the November 2012 repurchase program.
NA | Not applicable
Schedule Of Dividends Paid [Table Text Block] | Under the authority and declaration of the Board of Directors, the Company paid the following dividends during the first quarter of 2013 and 2012:
|  | Ordinary Dividends |  | Special Dividends |  | Total Dividends |  | Total Paid
|  | (per share) |  | (in millions)
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
First Quarter |  | $ | 0.30 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.30 |  |  | $ | 87 |
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
First Quarter |  | $ | 0.25 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.25 |  |  | $ | 73 |

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