Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in millions):

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Salaries and benefits	$	942	$	1,251
Product warranties	191		210
Dividends payable (see Note 11)	234		237
Partner rebates	179		235
Restructuring, current (See Note 12)	188		123
Derivatives	91		75
Other	992		1,010
	$	2,817	$	3,141

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (table in millions):

	March 31, 2015			March 31, 2014
Balance, beginning of the period	$	210		$	289
Provision	33			42
Amounts charged to the accrual	(52		)	(57		)
Balance, end of the period	$	191		$	274