Fair Value of Equity Method Investment Under Fair Value Option

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Fair Value Option Investment Ownership Percentage

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The amount of the reduction or elimination during the period of a liability resulting from the parent's loss of control and deconsolidation of the entity in which one or more outside parties had a noncontrolling interest.

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For each line item in the statement of financial position, the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 30

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14172-108612

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The amount of the reduction or elimination during the period of a noncontrolling interest resulting from the parent's loss of control and deconsolidation of the entity in which one or more outside parties had a noncontrolling interest.

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Investments and Related Matters Investment Segment (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Investment Segment [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Icahn Fund Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Hain [Member] Investment Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Equity Method Investments [Member] Investment Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Equity Method Investments [Member] Investment Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Equity Method Investments [Member] Investment Segment [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of equity method investment under fair value option	$ 314
Fair value option, recorded gains (losses)				310	49	(23)
Fair value option investment ownership percentage			16.00%
Liabilities, decrease from deconsolidation		146
Increased equity attributable to non-controlling interests		$ 146