Asset Charges and Other Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Other Nonrecurring (Income) Expense [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Costs

Asset charges and other costs, net of gains, consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015		2014			2013
Asset charges -
Goodwill impairment	$	517	$	40		$	—
Other long-lived asset impairments	78		4			—
Accelerated depreciation on underutilized assets	44		—			—
Total asset charges	639		44			—
Other costs (gains) -
Facility closures and severance	88		15			13
Loss on disposal of non-core assets	15		10			—
Mark-to-market impact on currency derivatives not designated as accounting hedges	11		8			1
Merger costs	8		—			—
Gain from remeasurement of prior interest in equity method investment	—		(8		)	—
All other costs, net	12		4			78
Total other costs (gains), net	134		29			92
Total asset charges and other costs (gains), net	$	773	$	73		$	92