Note 11: Shareowners' Equity and Noncontrolling Interest (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

			Quarter Ended March 31,
			2012						2011
(Dollars in millions)			Shareowners' Equity		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Equity		Shareowners' Equity		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Equity
Equity, beginning of period			$	21,880	$	940	$	22,820	$	21,385	$	947	$	22,332
	Comprehensive income for the period:
		Net income		330		77		407		1,012		89		1,101
		Total other comprehensive income		489		8		497		668		36		704
	Total comprehensive income for the period			819		85		904		1,680		125		1,805
	Common Stock issued under employee plans			229				229		194				194
	Common Stock repurchased			-				-		(750)				(750)
	Dividends on Common Stock			(412)				(412)		(368)				(368)
	Dividends on ESOP Common Stock			(16)				(16)		(15)				(15)
	Dividends attributable to noncontrolling interest					(58)		(58)				(76)		(76)
	Purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest			(8)		(1)		(9)		-		-		-
	Sale of subsidiary shares in noncontrolling interest			-		15		15		3		8		11
	Acquisition of noncontrolling interest					8		8				5		5
	Disposition of noncontrolling interest					(4)		(4)				-		-
	Redeemable noncontrolling interest in
		subsidiaries' earnings				(4)		(4)				(5)		(5)
	Redeemable noncontrolling interest in total
		other comprehensive income				1		1				(4)		(4)
	Change in redemption value of put options			-				-		(3)				(3)
	Redeemable noncontrolling interest
		reclassification to noncontrolling interest				75		75				-		-
Equity, end of period			$	22,492	$	1,057	$	23,549	$	22,126	$	1,000	$	23,126

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Component Changes [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Foreign Currency Translation		Defined Benefit Pension and Post-retirement Plans		Unrealized Gains on Available-for-Sale Securities		Unrealized Hedging (Losses) Gains		Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	206	$	(5,810)	$	164	$	(50)	$	(5,490)
Other comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2012		318		99		11		61		489
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	524	$	(5,711)	$	175	$	11	$	(5,001)

Temporary Equity [Text Block]

			Quarter Ended March 31,
(Dollars in millions)			2012		2011
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, beginning of period			$	358	$	317
	Net income			4		5
	Foreign currency translation, net			(1)		4
	Dividends attributable to noncontrolling interest			(11)		(10)
	Purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest			(32)		-
	Change in redemption value of put options			-		3
	Redeemable noncontrolling interest reclassification
		to noncontrolling interest		(75)		-
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, end of period			$	243	$	319

Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Text Block]

		Quarter Ended March 31,
(Dollars in millions)		2012		2011
Net income attributable to common shareowners		$	330	$	1,012
Transfers to noncontrolling interests:
	Increase in common stock for sale of subsidiary shares		-		3
	Decrease in common stock for purchase of subsidiary shares		(8)		-
Change from net income attributable to common shareowners and transfers to noncontrolling interests		$	322	$	1,015