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Shareholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 36 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Apr. 30, 2012
Nov. 30, 2014
Common Stock Programs          
Total cost of shares purchased $ 250,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod        
Weighted average shares outstanding          
Shares for basic earnings per share (in shares) 284,200,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic [1] 303,500,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic [1]      
Common stock equivalents (in shares) 2,900,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 3,700,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements      
Shares for diluted earnings per share (in shares) 287,100,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 307,200,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding      
Net income, attributable to participating securities 2,000,000us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarningsLossBasic 3,000,000us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarningsLossBasic      
Number of participating securities (in shares) 2,500,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights 3,400,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights      
Number of shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount      
2012 - Share Repurchase Program [Member]          
Common Stock Programs          
Share repurchase authorization limit       5,000,000,000.0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Shares purchased (in shares) 2,500,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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7,200,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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64,600,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Average price per share of stock repurchased $ 100.15us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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$ 83.45us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Total cost of shares purchased 250,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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600,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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4,600,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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Share repurchase, remaining authorization limit 5,400,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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  5,400,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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Share Repurchase Program of 2014 [Member]          
Common Stock Programs          
Share repurchase authorization limit         $ 5,000,000,000.0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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[1] Includes 2.5 million and 3.4 million of participating securities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.