Note 20 - Reportable Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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, 2015
Net sales	$	3,086	$	2,980	$	1,053	$	1,107	$	821	$	64	$	9,111
Depreciation (1)	$	605	$	163	$	125	$	112	$	60	$	43	$	1,108
Amortization of purchased intangibles			$	32					$	20	$	1	$	53
Research, development and engineering expenses (2)	$	105	$	138	$	93	$	113	$	23	$	186	$	658
Restructuring, impairment and other charges			$	(1)			$	16					$	15
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies	$	(9)									$	17	$	8
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(499)	$	(115)	$	(78)	$	(85)	$	(30)	$	89	$	(718)
Net income (loss) (4)	$	1,095	$	237	$	161	$	167	$	61	$	(202)	$	1,519
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	43	$	1	$	32					$	261	$	337
Segment assets (5)	$	8,344	$	1,783	$	1,288	$	1,407	$	514	$	738	$	14,074
Capital expenditures	$	594	$	171	$	117	$	88	$	32	$	57	$	1,059
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	$	45	$	17			$	(1)	$	1	$	6	$	68
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies	$	(20)			$	2					$	18
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(608)	$	(111)	$	(89)	$	(75)	$	(33)	$	83	$	(833)
Net income (loss) (4)	$	1,396	$	194	$	178	$	138	$	67	$	(198)	$	1,775
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	63	$	2	$	32					$	214	$	311
Segment assets (5)	$	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 (3)	$	357	$	2	$	1	$	4			$	(24)	$	340
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(337)	$	(96)	$	(63)	$	(88)	$	(34)	$	59	$	(559)
Net income (loss) (4)	$	1,293	$	189	$	127	$	181	$	68	$	(165)	$	1,693
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	3,666	$	3	$	31	$	10			$	232	$	3,942
Segment assets (5)	$	9,501	$	1,654	$	1,230	$	1,333	$	551	$	422	$	14,691
Capital expenditures	$	350	$	105	$	196	$	62	$	51	$	55	$	819

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

	Years ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Net income of reportable segments	$	1,721	$	1,973	$	1,858
Net loss of All Other		(202)		(198)		(165)
Unallocated amounts:
Net financing costs (1)		(111)		(113)		(66)
Share-based compensation expense		(46)		(58)		(54)
Exploratory research		(109)		(102)		(112)
Corporate contributions		(52)		(43)		(42)
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of impairments (2)		291		269		207
Unrealized (loss) gain on foreign currency hedges related to translated earnings		(573)		1,095		368
Income tax benefit (provision)		568		(267)		(1)
Other corporate items		(148)		(84)		(32)
Net income	$	1,339	$	2,472	$	1,961

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

	December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Total assets of reportable segments	$	13,336	$	13,738	$	14,269
Non-reportable segments		738		518		422
Unallocated amounts:
Current assets (1)		5,488		7,402		6,349
Investments (2)		1,638		1,490		1,595
Property, plant and equipment, net (3)		1,692		1,657		1,594
Other non-current assets (4)		5,655		5,258		4,249
Total assets	$	28,547	$	30,063	$	28,478

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

	Years Ended December 31,
Revenues from External Customers	2015		2014		2013
Display Technologies	$	3,086	$	3,851	$	2,545
Optical Communications
Carrier network		2,194		2,036		1,782
Enterprise network		786		616		544
Total Optical Communications		2,980		2,652		2,326
Environmental Technologies
Automotive and other		528		528		485
Diesel		525		564		434
Total Environmental Technologies		1,053		1,092		919
Specialty Materials
Corning Gorilla Glass		810		846		848
Advanced optics and other specialty glass		297		359		322
Total Specialty Materials		1,107		1,205		1,170
Life Sciences
Labware		512		536		529
Cell culture products		309		326		322
Total Life Science		821		862		851
All Other		64		53		8
	$	9,111	$	9,715	$	7,819

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

	2015				2014				2013
	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	$	2,719	$	8,241	$	2,275	$	7,998	$	2,061	$	7,170
Canada		244		144		311				308
Mexico		37		135		35		50		23		36
Total North America		3,000		8,520		2,621		8,048		2,392		7,206
Asia Pacific
Japan		440		1,160		608		1,311		621		1,548
Taiwan		841		2,301		1,092		2,005		1,376		2,277
China		1,869		1,036		1,893		1,115		1,916		1,218
Korea		1,501		3,552		1,882		3,595		96		3,234
Other		331		98		308		109		278		127
Total Asia Pacific	4,982			8,147		5,783		8,135		4,287		8,404
Europe
Germany		326		189		397		217		337		171
France		90		263		81		277		79		287
United Kingdom		164		47		187		47		165		6
Other		311		987		369		1,109		280		1,147
Total Europe		891		1,486		1,034		1,650		861		1,611
Latin America
Brazil		55		36		67		36		77		66
Other		34				35				37		6
Total Latin America		89		36		102		36		114		72
All Other		149				175		19		165		25
Total	$	9,111	$	18,189	$	9,715	$	17,888	$	7,819	$	17,318