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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 26, 2015 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Share based compensation expense including tax benefit value |  | $ 3 |  |
Stock options exercised including income tax benefits | $ 2 | 7 |  |
Decreased in unrecognized tax benefits | (4) |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 14 | 18 | $ 22 | $ 15
Net uncertain tax positions, if recognized affect effective tax rate | 7 |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits results from positions if sustained offset by change in valuation allowance | 7 |  |  |
Impact on income tax expenses due to decrease in unrecognized tax benefits | (3) |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalty expense | 3 | 2 |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalty benefit |  |  | $ (9) |
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest and penalties | 6 |  |  |
Decrease in tax credit carryforwards | 6 |  |  |
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Long-Term Liabilities |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax liabilities | 3 | $ 2 |  |
Capital loss carryover |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, amount to offset future capital gains | $ 555 |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, expiration year | 2021 |  |  |
Valuation Allowance of Deferred Tax Assets |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Decrease in valuation allowance | $ (382) |  |  |
Valuation allowance, foreign currency translation adjustments | 349 |  |  |
U.S. Federal and State |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Alternate minimum tax credit carryforwards | 89 |  |  |
Estimated valuation allowance, determined to be reversed in 2016 | 382 |  |  |
Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | $ 91 |  |  |
Foreign | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2018 |  |  |
Foreign | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2036 |  |  |
Foreign | Expire in 2017 |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | $ 0 |  |  |
Foreign | Indefinite Carryforward |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | 35 |  |  |
State |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | $ 1,200 |  |  |
State | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2018 |  |  |
State | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2036 |  |  |
State | Expire in 2017 |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | $ 37 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, amount to offset future capital gains | $ 96 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Earliest Tax Year |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, expiration year | 2019 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Latest Tax Year |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, expiration year | 2026 |  |  |
State and Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, amount to offset future capital gains | $ 13 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Earliest Tax Year |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, expiration year | 2023 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Latest Tax Year |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, expiration year | 2027 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Indefinite Carryforward |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital loss carryover, amount to offset future capital gains | $ 3 |  |  |

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