Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Price Paid

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Accelerated Share Repurchases, Number

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Accelerated Share Repurchases, Percentages of Shares to be Repurchased

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Amount of cash outflow to satisfy an employee's income tax withholding obligation as part of a net-share settlement of a share-based award.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3291-108585

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stock Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions		3 Months Ended
Stock Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions	Feb. 09, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount		$ 2,000,000,000		$ 550,000,000
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized amount		$ 571,000,000
Accelerated share repurchases, initial price to be paid	$ 75,000,000
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchases, number of shares	0.4
Accelerated share repurchases, percentage of shares to be repurchased	85.00%
Shares repurchased from employees who surrendered shares to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations		0.1
Shares repurchased from employees who surrendered shares to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations, value		$ 13,300,000	$ 16,800,000