Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	December 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Furniture and fixtures	$	255		$	229
Equipment and software	6,684			5,973
Buildings and improvements	2,308			2,089
Land	162			132
Building construction in progress	134			215
	9,543			8,638
Accumulated depreciation	(5,777		)	(5,160		)
	$	3,766		$	3,478

Depreciation expense was $998 million, $867 million and $780 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Building construction in progress at December 31, 2014 includes $76 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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