Employee benefit plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee benefit plans

Note 9 – Employee benefit plans

The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:

Net periodic benefit cost	Quarter ended
	March 31, 2012									March 31, 2011
(in millions)	Domestic pension benefits			Foreign pension benefits			Health care benefits			Domestic pension benefits			Foreign pension benefits			Health care benefits
Service cost	$	15		$	8		$	1		$	16		$	8		$	1
Interest cost		42			9			3			44			8			3
Expected return on assets		(68	)		(12	)		(2	)		(70	)		(11	)		(2	)
Other		38			3			3			23			4			2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	27		$	8		$	5		$	13		$	9		$	4