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Accrued Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Payables And Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Liabilities | Accrued liabilities consist of (in millions):
|  | June 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Customer prepayments and billings |  | $ | 808 |  |  | $ | 673 |
Accrued vendor costs |  |  | 538 |  |  |  | 531 |
Compensation |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | 516 |
Warranty |  |  | 267 |  |  |  | 228 |
Taxes (non-income) |  |  | 176 |  |  |  | 188 |
Insurance |  |  | 132 |  |  |  | 131 |
Accrued commissions |  |  | 96 |  |  |  | 97 |
Fair value of derivative financial instruments |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 31 |
Interest |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 11 |
Other |  |  | 385 |  |  |  | 357 |
Total |  | $ | 2,857 |  |  | $ | 2,763 |
Changes in Carrying Amount of Service and Product Warranties | The changes in the carrying amount of service and product warranties are as follows (in millions):
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 228 |
Net provisions for warranties issued during the year |  |  | 61 |
Amounts incurred |  |  | (26 | )
Currency translation adjustments and other |  |  | 4 |
Balance at June 30, 2014 |  | $ | 267 |

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