Accumulated Other Comprehensive loss

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Accumulated other comprehensive loss [Abstract]

Note 17. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The table below presents changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).


	Income (Loss)
													Other
													Postretirement
							Pension Benefits						Benefits
				Foreign			Prior			Net			Prior			Net
	Cash Flow			Currency			Service			Actuarial			Service			Actuarial
	Hedges			Translation			Cost			Gain (Loss)			Cost			Gain (Loss)			Total
	(Millions)
Balance at December 31, 2007	$	(157	)	$	129		$	(4	)	$	(97	)	$	(3	)	$	11		$	(121	)

2008 Change:
Pre-income tax amount		714			(76	)		—			(565	)		16			(15	)		74
Income tax (provision) benefit		(270	)		—			—			213			(8	)		6			(59	)
Net reclassification into earnings of derivative instrument losses (net of a $7 million income tax benefit)		11			—			—			—			—			—			11
Amortization included in net periodic benefit expense		—			—			1			13			1			—			15
Income tax provision on amortization		—			—			—			(5	)		—			—			(5	)

		455			(76	)		1			(344	)		9			(9	)		36

Allocation of other comprehensive income (loss) to noncontrolling interests		(2	)		—			—			7			—			—			5

Balance at December 31, 2008		296			53			(3	)		(434	)		6			2			(80	)


2009 Change:
Pre-income tax amount		262			83			—			44			7			(1	)		395
Income tax (provision) benefit		(99	)		—			—			(17	)		—			1			(115	)
Net reclassification into earnings of derivative instrument gains (net of a $234 million income tax provision)		(384	)		—			—			—			—			—			(384	)
Amortization included in net periodic benefit expense		—			—			1			42			(4	)		—			39
Income tax (provision) benefit on amortization		—			—			(1	)		(16	)		1			—			(16	)

		(221	)		83			—			53			4			—			(81	)

Allocation of other comprehensive income to noncontrolling interests		—			—			—			(7	)		—			—			(7	)

Balance at December 31, 2009		75			136			(3	)		(388	)		10			2			(168	)


2010 Change:
Pre-income tax amount		488			29			—			(71	)		—			(12	)		434
Income tax (provision) benefit		(185	)		—			—			24			—			3			(158	)
Net reclassification into earnings of derivative instrument gains (net of a $131 million income tax provision)		(211	)		—			—			—			—			—			(211	)
Amortization included in net periodic benefit expense		—			—			1			35			(5	)		1			32
Income tax (provision) benefit on amortization		—			—			—			(13	)		2			—			(11	)

		92			29			1			(25	)		(3	)		(8	)		86

Allocation of other comprehensive income to noncontrolling interests		—			—			—			—			—			—			—

Balance at December 31, 2010	$	167		$	165		$	(2	)	$	(413	)	$	7		$	(6	)	$	(82	)

- Definition

This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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