ACQUISITION (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 KAYAK [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 KAYAK [Member]	May 21, 2013 KAYAK [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Trade names [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Trade names [Member] KAYAK [Member]	May 21, 2013 Trade names [Member] KAYAK [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Supply and distribution agreements [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Supply and distribution agreements [Member] KAYAK [Member]	May 21, 2013 Supply and distribution agreements [Member] KAYAK [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Developed Technology Rights [Member] KAYAK [Member]	May 21, 2013 Developed Technology Rights [Member] KAYAK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest acquired					100.00%
Purchase price net of cash acquired					$ 1,900,000,000
Cost of acquired entity, cash paid					500,000,000
Equity interest issued					1,600,000,000
Stock-based compensation expense not yet recognized				27,300,000	57,400,000
Acquisition related costs			8,600,000
Stock issuance costs paid	1,191,000	0		1,200,000
Current assets					321,000,000	[1]
Indentifiable intangible assets					871,000,000	[2]			496,000,000			302,000,000		73,000,000
Goodwill					1,234,000,000	[3]
Other long-term assets					12,000,000
Total liabilities					(370,000,000)	[4]
Purchase price, total consideration					2,068,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents					194,000,000
Amortization period (in years)								20 years			20 years		5 years
Acquired definite lived intangibles, weighted average life				18 years 8 months			19 years			16 years
Deferred tax liabilities					$ 326,000,000

[1] Includes cash acquired of $194 million

[2] Acquired definite-lived intangibles, with a weighted average life of 18.7 years, consisted of trade names of $496 million with an estimated useful life of 20 years, supply and distribution agreements of $302 million with an estimated useful life of 20 years, and technology of $73 million with estimated useful life of 5 years.

[3] Goodwill is not tax deductible.

[4] Includes deferred tax liabilities of $326 million.