Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

(8) Employee Benefit Plans

Domestic Operations

Net periodic benefit cost for the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components (in millions):

	Three-Month Periods
	Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Pension:
Service cost	$	6		$	6
Interest cost	24			25
Expected return on plan assets	(29		)	(27		)
Net amortization	10			5
Net periodic benefit cost	$	11		$	9
Other postretirement:
Service cost	$	3		$	2
Interest cost	9			11
Expected return on plan assets	(11		)	(10		)
Net amortization	1			3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2		$	6

Employer contributions to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $81 million and $9 million, respectively, during 2012. As of March 31, 2012, $20 million and $2 million of contributions had been made to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.

Foreign Operations

Net periodic benefit cost for the United Kingdom pension plan included the following components (in millions):

	Three-Month Periods
	Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Service cost	$	5		$	5
Interest cost	21			23
Expected return on plan assets	(26		)	(29		)
Net amortization	14			9
Net periodic benefit cost	$	14		$	8

Employer contributions to the United Kingdom pension plan are expected to be £50 million during 2012. As of March 31, 2012, £12 million, or $19 million, of contributions had been made to the United Kingdom pension plan.