Business Divestitures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Summarized Results of Operations for Discontinued Operations

Summarized results of operations for discontinued operations are as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2012		2011		2010
Revenues	$	—	$	—	$	8
Goodwill impairment charges		—		—		—
Operating loss		—		—		(26	)
Loss from operations before income taxes		—		—		(26	)
Benefit for income taxes		—		—		9

Loss from operations		—		—		(17	)
Gain/(Loss) on sale, net of tax⁽¹⁾		—		1		(5	)

Income/(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	—	$	1	$	(22	)

(1)	The gain for the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily related to a Publications property that was previously sold. The $5 million loss (net of a tax benefit of $3 million) for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes the net loss on the sale of the remaining Publications properties.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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