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Income Taxes - Components of Company's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Billions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carry forwards	$ 1.69

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The sum of domestic, foreign and state and local operating loss carryforwards, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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