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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
11. Employee Benefit Plans
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Certain subsidiaries sponsor and/or administer various U.S. qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement employee benefit plans covering employees and sales representatives who meet specified eligibility requirements. These subsidiaries also provide certain postemployment benefits and certain postretirement medical and life insurance benefits for retired employees.
The components of net periodic benefit costs were as follows:
 
Three Months 
 Ended 
 March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
U.S. Plans
 
Non-U.S. Plans
 
U.S. Plans
 
Non-U.S. Plans
 
U.S. Plans
 
Non-U.S. Plans
 
U.S. Plans
 
Non-U.S. Plans
 
(In millions)
Service costs
$
54

 
$
15

 
$
4

 
$

 
$
50

 
$
20

 
$
3

 
$

Interest costs
101

 
4

 
22

 
1

 
109

 
3

 
23

 
1

Expected return on plan assets
(134
)
 
(2
)
 
(20
)
 

 
(119
)
 
(2
)
 
(19
)
 

Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses
47

 
1

 
10

 

 
41

 

 
3

 

Amortization of prior service costs (credit)

 

 
(1
)
 

 
1

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit costs
$
68

 
$
18

 
$
15

 
$
1

 
$
82

 
$
21

 
$
10

 
$
1