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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Provision for income taxes $ (71)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (73)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit      
Cash taxes paid, net of refunds 55us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 38us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 194us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 121us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet  
Tax contingencies 726us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   726us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   710us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Description of the status of the tax examination We are under examination, or may be subject to examination, by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the calendar year 2005 and thereafter        
Tax examination, estimate of additional tax expense 1,500us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss
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France          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Description of the status of the tax examination Certain of our subsidiaries are under examination or investigation or may be subject to examination or investigation by the French Tax Administration (“FTA”) for calendar year 2006 or thereafter        
Tax examination, estimate of additional tax expense $ 250us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss
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European Union          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Description of the status of the tax examination In addition, in October 2014, the European Commission opened a formal investigation to examine whether decisions by the tax authorities in Luxembourg with regard to the corporate income tax paid by certain of our subsidiaries comply with European Union rules on state aid.        
Other Foreign Jurisdictions          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Description of the status of the tax examination We are also subject to taxation in various states and other foreign jurisdictions including Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. We are under, or may be subject to, audit or examination and additional assessments in respect of these particular jurisdictions for 2003 and thereafter.