Supplementary Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Cash Paid For Interest And Income Taxes [Table Text Block]

Cash paid for interest and income taxes was as follows:

	(Stated in millions)
	2014		2013		2012
Interest	$	389	$	369	$	313
Income taxes	$	2,048	$	1,729	$	1,736

Interest and Other Income [Table Text Block]

Interest and other income includes the following:

	(Stated in millions)
	2014		2013		2012
Interest income	$	51	$	33	$	30
Earnings of equity method investments		240		132		142
	$	291	$	165	$	172

Change in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The change in Allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

	(Stated in millions)
	2014			2013			2012
Balance at beginning of year	$	384		$	202		$	177
Provision		39			205			37
Amounts written off		(148	)		(23	)		(10	)
Divestiture of business		—			—			(2	)
Balance at end of year	$	275		$	384		$	202

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities are summarized as follows:

	(Stated in millions)
	2014		2013
Payroll, vacation and employee benefits	$	1,899	$	1,910
Trade		4,344		4,155
Other		3,003		2,772
	$	9,246	$	8,837