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Debt	3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2013
Debt	NOTE 2 – Debt At February 28, 2013, our unsecured short-term borrowings consisted of euro-denominated commercial paper of $76 million and euro bank loans of $46 million, with an aggregate weighted-average interest rate of 0.2%. In December 2012, we issued $500 million of unsecured publicly-traded notes, which bear interest at 1.9% and are due in December 2017. We used the net proceeds of these notes for general corporate purposes. In February 2013, we issued $500 million of unsecured publicly-traded notes, which bear interest at 1.2% and are due in February 2016. The proceeds were used to repay a like amount of unsecured floating rate export credit facilities prior to their maturity dates through 2022.

Debt

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

NOTE 2 – Debt

At February 28, 2013, our unsecured short-term borrowings consisted of euro-denominated commercial paper of $76 million and euro bank loans of $46 million, with an aggregate weighted-average interest rate of 0.2%.

In December 2012, we issued $500 million of unsecured publicly-traded notes, which bear interest at 1.9% and are due in December 2017. We used the net proceeds of these notes for general corporate purposes.

In February 2013, we issued $500 million of unsecured publicly-traded notes, which bear interest at 1.2% and are due in February 2016. The proceeds were used to repay a like amount of unsecured floating rate export credit facilities prior to their maturity dates through 2022.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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