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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Total Intrinsic Value |  | $ 6,000,000 | $ 21,000,000 | $ 22,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding, Beginning balance, Number |  | 11,086,320 |  |
Options Outstanding, Beginning balance, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 18.82 |  |
Options Outstanding, Beginning balance, Weighted Average Remaining Term (in years) |  | 3 years 10 months 24 days | 2 years |
Options Outstanding, Beginning balance, Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in $ millions) |  | $ 43,000,000 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period |  | 1,153,680 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 13.70 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Expirations in Period |  | 6,877,468 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Expirations in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 21.98 |  |
Options Outstanding, Ending balance, Number |  | 3,055,172 | 11,086,320 |
Options Outstanding, Ending balance, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 13.62 | $ 18.82 |
Options Outstanding, Ending balance, Weighted Average Remaining Term (in years) |  | 3 years 10 months 24 days | 2 years |
Options Outstanding, Ending balance, Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in $ millions) |  | $ 5,000,000 | $ 43,000,000 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Number |  | 3,055,172 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 13.62 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | 3 years 10 months 24 days |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value |  | $ 5,000,000 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Number |  | 3,055,172 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | $ 13.62 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | 3 years 10 months 24 days |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | $ 5,000,000 |  |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs Share-based Payments (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Vesting period for graded and cliff vesting options - minimum |  | 1 year |  |
Vesting period for graded and cliff vesting options - maximum |  | 5 years |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Expiration Minimum Range |  | 5 years |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Expiration Maximum Range |  | 10 years |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized for Directors |  | 567,000 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized for Employees |  | 40,533,000 |  |
Vest Term of First Sub Grant |  | 1 year |  |
Vest Term of the Second Sub-Grant |  | 2 years |  |
Vest Term of the Third Sub-Grant |  | 3 years |  |
Grants in Option Grants with Three Year Cliff Vesting |  | 1 year |  |
Vesting term of option grants with three year cliff vesting |  | 3 years |  |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ 31,000,000 | 31,000,000 | 34,000,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options |  | 8,000,000 | $ 20,000,000 | 20,000,000
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate |  |  | 1.20% |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate |  |  | 27.00% |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate |  |  | 1.60% |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate |  |  | 30.50% |
Restricted Stock [Member] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Total Fair Value |  | 39,000,000 | $ 35,000,000 | 25,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized |  | $ 24,000,000 |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition |  | 1 year 1 month 6 days |  |
Restricted Stock and Stock Unit Activity [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Beginning balance, Number |  | 4,201,868 |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Beginning balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 18.01 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period |  | 1,614,378 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 21.25 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period |  | 325,608 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 19.66 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period |  | 1,962,368 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 16.99 |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Ending balance, Number |  | 3,528,270 | 4,201,868 |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Ending balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 19.91 | $ 18.01 |
Performance Shares [Member] |  |  |  |
Restricted Stock and Stock Unit Activity [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Beginning balance, Number |  | 867,479 |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Beginning balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 21.93 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period |  | 365,667 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 23.91 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period |  | 113,993 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 22.38 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period | [1] | 601,247 |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 21.82 |  |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Ending balance, Number |  | 517,906 | 867,479 |
Nonvested Restricted Stock, Ending balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | $ 23.36 | $ 21.93 |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs Share-based Payments (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Liability Classified Share-Based Awards |  | $ (5,000,000) | $ 5,000,000 | $ 2,000,000
Director Plan [Member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs Share-based Payments (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance |  | 149,088 |  |
Equity Plan [Member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs Share-based Payments (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance |  | 12,499,779 |  |
[1] | Number ofPerformance Share Units WeightedAverageGrant-DateFair ValueNonvested — December 31, 2014867,479 $21.93Granted365,667 $23.91Forfeited113,993 $22.38Vested601,247 $21.82Nonvested — December 31, 2015517,906 $23.36

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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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