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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Common Stock Share Activity |
Shares of common stock | Issued | Held In Treasury
Balance January 1, 2012 | 1,013,164,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 14,671,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (7,778,000 | )
Retired | (7,778,000 | ) | 7,778,000 |
Balance December 31, 2012 | 1,020,057,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 14,370,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (20,400,000 | )
Retired | (20,400,000 | ) | 20,400,000 |
Balance December 31, 2013 | 1,014,027,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 8,103,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (30,110,000 | )
Retired | (30,110,000 | ) | 30,110,000 |
Balance December 31, 2014 | 992,020,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Schedule of Components of Other Comprehensive Income / (Loss) |
For the year ended December 31, | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | Affected Line Item in Consolidated Income Statements 1
| Pre-Tax | Tax | After-Tax | Pre-Tax | Tax | After-Tax | Pre-Tax | Tax | After-Tax
Cumulative translation adjustment | $ | (876 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | (876 | ) | $ | 25 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 25 |  | $ | 77 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 77 |  |
Net revaluation and clearance of cash flow hedges to earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additions and revaluations of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges | 53 |  | (20 | ) | 33 |  | (58 | ) | 22 |  | (36 | ) | 8 |  | (6 | ) | 2 |  | See (2) below
Clearance of hedge results to earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | (15 | ) | 5 |  | (10 | ) | (1 | ) | — |  | (1 | ) | (21 | ) | 8 |  | (13 | ) | Net sales
Commodity contracts | 30 |  | (11 | ) | 19 |  | (24 | ) | 10 |  | (14 | ) | (44 | ) | 20 |  | (24 | ) | Cost of goods sold
Net revaluation and clearance of cash flow hedges to earnings | 68 |  | (26 | ) | 42 |  | (83 | ) | 32 |  | (51 | ) | (57 | ) | 22 |  | (35 | ) |
Pension benefit plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) gain | (4,131 | ) | 1,497 |  | (2,634 | ) | 3,293 |  | (1,136 | ) | 2,157 |  | (1,433 | ) | 437 |  | (996 | ) | See (2) below
Prior service benefit | 44 |  | (11 | ) | 33 |  | 62 |  | (22 | ) | 40 |  | 22 |  | (8 | ) | 14 |  | See (2) below
Reclassifications to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of prior service cost | 2 |  | — |  | 2 |  | 8 |  | (2 | ) | 6 |  | 13 |  | (4 | ) | 9 |  | See (3) below
Amortization of loss | 601 |  | (209 | ) | 392 |  | 957 |  | (331 | ) | 626 |  | 887 |  | (305 | ) | 582 |  | See (3) below
Curtailment loss | 4 |  | (1 | ) | 3 |  | 1 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | — |  | 2 |  | See (3) below
Settlement loss | 7 |  | (2 | ) | 5 |  | 152 |  | (45 | ) | 107 |  | 5 |  | (2 | ) | 3 |  | See (3) below
Pension benefit plans, net | (3,473 | ) | 1,274 |  | (2,199 | ) | 4,473 |  | (1,536 | ) | 2,937 |  | (504 | ) | 118 |  | (386 | ) |
Other benefit plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) gain | (280 | ) | 100 |  | (180 | ) | 513 |  | (184 | ) | 329 |  | (60 | ) | 17 |  | (43 | ) | See (2) below
Prior service benefit | 50 |  | (1 | ) | 49 |  | 211 |  | (72 | ) | 139 |  | 857 |  | (299 | ) | 558 |  | See (2) below
Reclassifications to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of prior service benefit | (214 | ) | 76 |  | (138 | ) | (195 | ) | 69 |  | (126 | ) | (155 | ) | 54 |  | (101 | ) | See (3) below
Amortization of loss | 57 |  | (20 | ) | 37 |  | 76 |  | (27 | ) | 49 |  | 94 |  | (33 | ) | 61 |  | See (3) below
Curtailment (gain) loss | — |  | — |  | — |  | (154 | ) | 54 |  | (100 | ) | 3 |  | (1 | ) | 2 |  | See (3) below
Settlement loss | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | See (3) below
Other benefit plans, net | (387 | ) | 155 |  | (232 | ) | 452 |  | (160 | ) | 292 |  | 739 |  | (262 | ) | 477 |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on securities | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1 |  | (1 | ) | — |  | (2 | ) | 1 |  | (1 | ) |
Other comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (4,668 | ) | $ | 1,403 |  | $ | (3,265 | ) | $ | 4,868 |  | $ | (1,665 | ) | $ | 3,203 |  | $ | 253 |  | $ | (121 | ) | $ | 132 |  |
1 | Represents the income statement line item within the Consolidated Income Statement affected by the pre-tax reclassification out of other comprehensive income.
2 | These amounts represent changes in accumulated other comprehensive income excluding changes due to reclassifying amounts to the Consolidated Income Statements.
3 | These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost of the company's pension and other long-term employee benefit plans. See Note 17 for additional information.
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
| Cumulative Translation Adjustment | Net Revaluation and Clearance of Cash Flow Hedges to Earnings | Pension Benefit Plans | Other Benefit Plans | Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities | Total
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance January 1, 2012 | $ | (244 | ) | $ | 41 |  | $ | (8,276 | ) | $ | (274 | ) | $ | 3 |  | $ | (8,750 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 77 |  | (1 | ) | (1,006 | ) | 514 |  | (1 | ) | (417 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | — |  | (37 | ) | 596 |  | (38 | ) | — |  | 521 |
Balance December 31, 2012 | $ | (167 | ) | $ | 3 |  | $ | (8,686 | ) | $ | 202 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | (8,646 | )
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 27 |  | (36 | ) | 2,197 |  | 468 |  | — |  | 2,656 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | — |  | (15 | ) | 740 |  | (176 | ) | — |  | 549 |
Balance December 31, 2013 | $ | (140 | ) | $ | (48 | ) | $ | (5,749 | ) | $ | 494 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | (5,441 | )
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (876 | ) | 33 |  | (2,601 | ) | (131 | ) | — |  | (3,575 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | — |  | 9 |  | 401 |  | (101 | ) | — |  | 309 |
Balance December 31, 2014 | $ | (1,016 | ) | $ | (6 | ) | $ | (7,949 | ) | $ | 262 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | (8,707 | )

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