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Impairments (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Assets Held for Sale	Jun. 30, 2013 Assets Held for Sale	Jun. 30, 2012 Customer relationships
Assets held for sale
Loss on impairment of assets held for sale			$ 37	$ 37
Loss on impairment of assets per diluted share			$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.05
Loss on impairment of assets held for sale, tax effect			0	0
Impairment of goodwill and other indefinite Lived intangible assets
Adjustment to original estimate of goodwill		118
Adjustment to original estimate of goodwill, per diluted share		$ 0.34
Adjustment to original estimate of goodwill, tax effect	0
Impairment of definite-lived intangible assets
Impairment loss on definite-lived intangible asset					22
Impairment loss on finite-lived intangible asset, continuing operations					$ 17
Impairment loss on long-lived assets per diluted share, continuing operations			$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.05

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value charge to continuing operations, net of tax

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Represents the tax effect of impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held in continuing operations for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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The loss recognized for any initial write-down from carrying value to fair value less cost to sell for an asset classified as held for sale in continuing operations.

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