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Revolving Credit Facilities Revolving Credit Facilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Revolving Credit Facilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Short-term borrowings under these credit facilities and related interest rates were as follows (dollars in millions):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Average daily amount of short-term debt outstanding | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Weighted daily average interest rate * | 0.4 | % |  | 0.4 | % |  | 1.3 | %
Maximum amount outstanding during the year | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 205 |
* | Excludes the effect of commitment fees, facility fees and other financing fees.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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