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Interest Expense, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Banking and Thrift, Interest [Abstract] |
Interest Expense, Net Consisted | Interest expense, net consisted of the following:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  | Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | Year ended December 31, 2012 |
Income |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 41 |
Expense |  |  | (30 | ) |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | (76 | )
Total |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (35 | )

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