Additional Shares Owed To Company Under Accelerated Share Repurchase Program Based On Volume Weighted Average Price

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Percentage Of Shares Held By Investment Bank Contingent On Settlement Of Share Repurchase

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Share Repurchase Program, Shares Received In Initial Delivery Net Of Holdback

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- Definition

Shares Held By Investment Bank Contingent On Settlement Of Share Repurchase Value

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- Definition

The volume weighted average price since the accelerated share repurchase effective date through period end.

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Dollar amount of the cash payment to or cash received from the bank; or the stock issuance to (stock received from) the bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

-Number 99-7

-Paragraph 1

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Represents increases or decreases in additional paid in capital not separately disclosed.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount authorized by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Equity (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 03, 2011 Share Repurchase Program [Member]	May 05, 2011 Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]	May 10, 2011 Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Share repurchases, authorized amount	$ 1,000	$ 500
Share repurchase authorization, shares, terminated amount	10
Cash payment for share repurchase under ASR program				500
Shares received from investment bank in initial delivery of shares repurchased				19.9
Percentage of shares held by investment bank pending settlement of accelerated share repurchase				20.00%
Value of shares held by investment bank pending settlement of accelerated share repurchase				100
Weighted average price of common stock			$ 17.62
Additional shares owed to Company under ASR program based on volume weighted average price			8.4
Adjustment to additional paid-in capital as a result of ASR holdback agreement			$ (100)