Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share, Increase (Decrease) in Quarterly Dividends Declared

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Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share, Quarterly Dividends Declared

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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-Topic 230

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of dividends declared but unpaid on equity securities issued by the entity and outstanding. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Expiration date for the purchase of an entity's own shares under a stock repurchase plan, in the CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 27, 2014	May 20, 2014	Jun. 27, 2015
Stockholders Equity Note Disclosure [Line Items]
Repurchase of shares of our common stock up to a maximum aggregate value	$ 1,000,000,000
Common stock authorized for repurchase, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2019
Share repurchase program remaining available amount	800,000,000
Share repurchase (in shares)	3.1us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Repurchase of common stock, value	200,000,000	269,600,000
Dividends payable amount (USD per share)	$ 0.32us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare		$ 0.30us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare	$ 0.30us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare	$ 1.20us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share, Quarterly Dividends Declared			$ 0.32		$ 0.30
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share, Increase (Decrease) in Quarterly Dividends Declared			$ 0.02
Dividends payable	$ 57,500,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent		$ 116,800,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note Disclosure [Line Items]
Dividends payable amount (USD per share)						$ 0.32