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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following:
| Post-Employment Benefits, Net of Tax |  | Hedge Instruments, Net of Tax |  | Translation Adjustments and Other, Net of Tax |  | Total
| (in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2015 | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (800 | ) |  | $ | (1,457 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | — |  |  | — |  |  | 48 |  |  | 48 |
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 5 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 47 |  |  | 53 |
Balance, March 31, 2016 | $ | (626 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (753 | ) |  | $ | (1,404 | )

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