Note 20 - Reportable Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Display Technologies		Optical Communications		Environmental Technologies		Specialty Materials		Life Sciences		All Other		Total
For the year ended   December 31, 2014
Net sales	$	3,851	$	2,652	$	1,092	$	1,205	$	862	$	53	$	9,715
Depreciation (1)	$	676	$	154	$	119	$	113	$	60	$	31	$	1,153
Amortization of purchased intangibles			$	10					$	22			$	32
Research, development and engineering expenses (2)	$	138	$	141	$	91	$	140	$	22	$	177	$	709
Restructuring, impairment and other charges	$	54	$	17			$	(1)	$	1	$	(3)	$	68
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies	$	(20)			$	2					$	18
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(599)	$	(116)	$	(91)	$	(78)	$	(34)	$	85	$	(833)
Net income (loss) (5)	$	1,369	$	205	$	182	$	144	$	71	$	(196)	$	1,775
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	63	$	2	$	32					$	214	$	311
Segment assets (6)	$	8,863	$	1,737	$	1,297	$	1,288	$	553	$	518	$	14,256
Capital expenditures	$	492	$	145	$	173	$	104	$	30	$	101	$	1,045
For the year ended   December 31, 2013
Net sales	$	2,545	$	2,326	$	919	$	1,170	$	851	$	8	$	7,819
Depreciation (1)	$	481	$	147	$	120	$	137	$	57	$	18	$	960
Amortization of purchased intangibles			$	10					$	21			$	31
Research, development and engineering expenses (2)	$	84	$	140	$	89	$	144	$	20	$	116	$	593
Restructuring, impairment and other charges	$	7	$	12	$	1	$	19	$	4	$	8	$	51
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies (4)	$	357	$	2	$	1	$	4			$	(24)	$	340
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(327)	$	(101)	$	(65)	$	(91)	$	(36)	$	61	$	(559)
Net income (loss) (5)	$	1,267	$	199	$	132	$	187	$	71	$	(163)	$	1,693
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	3,666	$	3	$	31	$	10			$	232	$	3,942
Segment assets (6)	$	9,501	$	1,654	$	1,230	$	1,333	$	551	$	422	$	14,691
Capital expenditures	$	350	$	105	$	196	$	62	$	51	$	55	$	819
For the year ended   December 31, 2012
Net sales	$	2,909	$	2,130	$	964	$	1,346	$	657	$	6	$	8,012
Depreciation (1)	$	514	$	130	$	117	$	153	$	44	$	14	$	972
Amortization of purchased intangibles			$	9					$	10			$	19
Research, development and engineering expenses (2)	$	103	$	137	$	100	$	143	$	22	$	123	$	628
Restructuring, impairment and other charges (3)	$	21	$	39	$	3	$	54	$	2			$	119
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies (4)	$	692			$	1					$	17	$	710
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(367)	$	(58)	$	(58)	$	(69)	$	(14)	$	53	$	(513)
Net income (loss) (5)	$	1,589	$	146	$	112	$	137	$	28	$	(98)	$	1,914
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	3,262	$	17	$	30	$	4			$	262	$	3,575
Segment assets (6)	$	9,953	$	1,435	$	1,103	$	1,707	$	552	$	351	$	15,101
Capital expenditures	$	845	$	311	$	154	$	93	$	47	$	52	$	1,502

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	Years ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Net income of reportable segments	$	1,971	$	1,856	$	2,012
Net loss of All Other		(196)		(163)		(98)
Unallocated amounts:
Net financing costs (1)		(113)		(66)		(196)
Stock-based compensation expense		(58)		(54)		(70)
Exploratory research		(102)		(112)		(89)
Corporate contributions		(43)		(42)		(44)
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of impairments (2)		269		207		82
Asbestos settlement		(13)		(19)		(14)
Purchased collars and average rate forward contracts		639		197
Other corporate items (3)		118		157		53
Net income	$	2,472	$	1,961	$	1,636

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Total assets of reportable segments	$	13,738	$	14,269	$	14,750
Non-reportable segments		518		422		351
Unallocated amounts:
Current assets (1)		7,402		6,349		7,300
Investments (2)		1,490		1,595		1,340
Property, plant and equipment, net (3)		1,657		1,594		1,494
Other non-current assets (4)		5,258		4,249		4,140
Total assets	$	30,063	$	28,478	$	29,375

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

	Fiscal Years Ended December 31,
Revenues from External Customers	2014		2013		2012
Display Technologies	$	3,851	$	2,545	$	2,909
Optical Communications
Carrier network		2,036		1,782		1,619
Enterprise network		616		544		511
Total Optical Communications		2,652		2,326		2,130
Environmental Technologies
Automotive and other		528		485		486
Diesel		564		434		478
Total Environmental Technologies		1,092		919		964
Specialty Materials
Corning Gorilla Glass		846		848		1,027
Advanced optics and other specialty glass		359		322		319
Total Specialty Materials		1,205		1,170		1,346
Life Sciences
Labware		536		529		430
Cell culture products		326		322		227
Total Life Science		862		851		657
All Other		53		8		6
	$	9,715	$	7,819	$	8,012

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

	2014				2013					2012
	Net sales (2)		Long- lived assets (1)		Net sales (2)		Long- lived assets (1)			Net sales (2)		Long- lived assets (1)
North America
United States	$	2,275	$	7,998	$	2,061	$		7,170	$	1,859	$	6,771
Canada		311				308					246
Mexico		35		50		23			36		24		87
Total North America		2,621		8,048		2,392			7,206		2,129		6,858
Asia Pacific
Japan		608		1,311		621			1,548		751		1,949
Taiwan		1,092		2,005		1,376			2,277		1,708		2,836
China		1,893		1,115		1,916			1,218		2,103		1,215
Korea		1,882		3,595		96			3,234		94		3,342
Other		308		109		278			127		243		84
Total Asia Pacific	5,783			8,135		4,287			8,404		4,899		9,426
Europe
Germany		397		217		337			171		264		139
France		81		277		79			287		57		267
United Kingdom		187		176		165			6		134		14
Other		369		980		280			1,147		274		550
Total Europe		1,034		1,650		861			1,611		729		970
Latin America
Brazil		67		36		77			66		29		1
Other		35				37			6		33		6
Total Latin America		102		36		114			72		62		7
All Other		175		19		165			25		193		35
Total	$	9,715	$	17,888	$	7,819	$	17,318		$	8,012	$	17,296