Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Furniture and fixtures	$	229		$	197
Equipment and software	5,973			5,345
Buildings and improvements	2,089			1,873
Land	132			121
Building construction in progress	215			197
	8,638			7,733
Accumulated depreciation	(5,160		)	(4,588		)
	$	3,478		$	3,145

Depreciation expense was $867 million, $780 million and $728 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Building construction in progress at December 31, 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 used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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