		September 30, 2011						December 31, 2010
				Not						Not
		Designated		Designated				Designated		Designated
		as Hedging		as Hedging				as Hedging		as Hedging
		Instruments		Instruments		Total		Instruments		Instruments		Total

		(in millions)						(in millions)
Assets
Current assets:
	Foreign currency derivatives	$	17	$	35	$	52	$	-	$	7	$	7
	Commodity and other derivatives		-		5		5		-		5		5
	Total current assets		17		40		57		-		12		12

Noncurrent assets:
	Interest rate derivatives		-		-		-		49		-		49
	Cross currency derivatives		1		-		1		12		-		12
	Foreign currency derivatives		2		52		54		-		31		31
	Commodity and other derivatives		-		5		5		-		20		20
	Total noncurrent assets		3		57		60		61		51		112
Total assets		$	20	$	97	$	117	$	61	$	63	$	124

Liabilities
Current liabilities:
	Interest rate derivatives	$	126	$	5	$	131	$	126	$	11	$	137
	Cross currency derivatives		5		-		5		2		-		2
	Foreign currency derivatives		1		6		7		8		5		13
	Commodity and other derivatives		-		8		8		-		-		-
	Total current liabilities		132		19		151		136		16		152

Long-term liabilities:
	Interest rate derivatives		437		19		456		232		15		247
	Cross currency derivatives		17		-		17		-		-		-
	Foreign currency derivatives		-		22		22		-		23		23
	Commodity and other derivatives		-		42		42		-		1		1
	Total long-term liabilities		454		83		537		232		39		271
Total liabilities		$	586	$	102	$	688	$	368	$	55	$	423

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