Note 20 - Reportable Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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, 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 (3)	$	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	$	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
For the year ended   December 31, 2011*
Net sales	$	3,145	$	2,072	$	998	$	1,074	$	595	$	6	$	7,890
Depreciation (1)	$	511	$	123	$	107	$	156	$	34	$	12	$	943
Amortization of purchased intangibles			$	7			$	1	$	7			$	15
Research, development and engineering expenses (2)	$	91	$	125	$	94	$	136	$	18	$	97	$	561
Restructuring, impairment and other charges (3)			$	(1)			$	130					$	129
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliated companies (4)	$	1,027	$	3	$	1	$	4			$	15	$	1,050
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(502)	$	(82)	$	(59)	$	23	$	(29)	$	39	$	(610)
Net income (loss) (5)	$	2,346	$	194	$	119	$	(36)	$	60	$	(78)	$	2,605
Investment in affiliated companies, at equity	$	3,132	$	19	$	31	$	4			$	243	$	3,429
Segment assets (6)	$	10,387	$	1,201	$	1,089	$	1,455	$	363	$	396	$	14,891
Capital expenditures	$	1,304	$	195	$	174	$	348	$	57	$	116	$	2,194

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

	Years ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Net income of reportable segments	$	1,856	$	2,012	$	2,683
Net loss of All Other		(163)		(98)		(78)
Unallocated amounts:
Net financing costs (1)		(66)		(196)		(190)
Stock-based compensation expense		(54)		(70)		(86)
Exploratory research		(112)		(89)		(79)
Corporate contributions		(42)		(44)		(48)
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of impairments (2)		207		82		421
Asbestos litigation (3)		(19)		(14)		(24)
Purchased collars (4)		435
Other corporate items (5) (6)		(81)		53		218
Net income	$	1,961	$	1,636	$	2,817

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

	December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Total assets of reportable segments	$	14,269	$	14,750	$	14,495
Non-reportable segments		422		351		396
Unallocated amounts:
Current assets (1)		6,349		7,300		6,602
Investments (2)		1,595		1,340		1,298
Property, net (3)		1,594		1,494		1,283
Other non-current assets (4)		4,249		4,140		3,774
Total assets	$	28,478	$	29,375	$	27,848

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

	Fiscal Years Ended December 31,
Revenues from External Customers	2013		2012		2011
Display Technologies	$	2,545	$	2,909	$	3,145
Optical Communications
Carrier network		1,782		1,619		1,556
Enterprise network		544		511		516
Total Optical Communications		2,326		2,130		2,072
Environmental Technologies
Automotive and other		485		486		476
Diesel		434		478		522
Total Environmental Technologies		919		964		998
Specialty Materials
Corning Gorilla Glass		848		1,027		712
Advanced optics and other specialty glass		322		319		362
Total Specialty Materials		1,170		1,346		1,074
Life Sciences
Labware		529		430		419
Cell culture products		322		227		176
Total Life Science		851		657		595
All Other		8		6		6
	$	7,819	$	8,012	$	7,890

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

	2013				2012					2011
	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	$	2,061	$	7,170	$	1,859	$		6,771	$	1,676	$	6,087
Canada		308				246					229
Mexico		23		36		24			87		26		78
Total North America		2,392		7,206		2,129			6,858		1,931		6,165
Asia Pacific
Japan		621		1,548		751			1,949		1,252		2,210
Taiwan		1,376		2,277		1,708			2,836		1,850		3,341
China		1,916		1,218		2,103			1,215		1,550		764
Korea		96		3,234		94			3,342		101		3,357
Other		278		127		243			84		145		11
Total Asia Pacific	4,287			8,404		4,899			9,426		4,898		9,683
Europe
Germany		337		171		264			139		318		134
France		79		287		57			267		65		197
United Kingdom		165		6		134			14		124
Other		280		1,147		274			550		263		273
Total Europe		861		1,611		729			970		770		604
Latin America
Brazil		77		66		29			1		29		1
Other		37		6		33			6		25		6
Total Latin America		114		72		62			7		54		7
All Other		165		25		193			35		237		25
Total	$	7,819	$	17,318	$	8,012	$	17,296		$	7,890	$	16,484