Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of (table in millions):



	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Furniture and fixtures	$	215		$	197
Equipment and software	5,804			5,345
Buildings and improvements	1,991			1,873
Land	121			121
Building construction in progress	286			197
	8,417			7,733
Accumulated depreciation	(5,044		)	(4,588		)
	$	3,373		$	3,145

Building construction in progress at September 30, 2013 includes $74 million for facilities not yet placed in service that we are holding for future use.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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