Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

On October 27, 2014, the Company completed the sale of its Enterprise business to Zebra Technologies Corporation ("Zebra") for $3.45 billion in cash. Certain assets of the Enterprise business were excluded from the transaction and retained by the Company, including the Company’s iDEN business. The historical financial results of the Enterprise business, excluding those assets and liabilities retained in the transaction, are reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements and footnotes as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

The following table displays summarized activity in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for discontinued operations during the years ended 2015 and 2014.

Years ended December 31	2015			2014
Net sales	$	—		$	1,904
Operating earnings	—			203
Gains (losses) on sales of investments and businesses, net	(24)			1,888
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(24		)	2,074
Income tax expense	6			78
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(30		)	1,996

During the year ended December 31, 2016 the Company recognized no earnings from discontinued operations.