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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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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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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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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Shareholder's Equity - Additional Information (Detail) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)	May 20, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 CHF	Jun. 27, 2015 Dividends payable per share USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Dividends payable per share USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 September 2012 Share Repurchase Program USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 2012 Share Repurchase Programs [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 October 2012 Share Repurchase Program USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 December 2013 Share Repurchase Program USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 December 2014 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Domain] USD ($)
Shareholders Equity
Common stock, shares authorized	426.0us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized	213.0us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
Common stock, par value (per share)	$ 0.01					0.50
Authorized amount to repurchase shares of common stock									$ 400,000,000	$ 1,200,000,000	$ 800,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
Common stock shares repurchased, shares	16.4us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired									1.9		14.5
Common stock amount repurchased	1,200,000,000									200,000,000		1,000,000,000
Remaining authorized repurchase amount												0
Authorization expiry date											Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016
Dividends payable amount per share	$ 0.30us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare			$ 0.30us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare	$ 1.20us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare		$ 0.32	$ 0.32
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	$ 116,800,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent	$ 98,700,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Dividends paid per common share	$ 1.10	$ 0.96	$ 0.88