Marketable Securities And Cash Equivalents (Details) (USD $) In Millions	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011
Cost of marketable securities and cash equivalents	$ 1,728	$ 1,566
Cost of trading equity securities	22	24
Unrealized gains on marketable securities and cash equivalents	31	93
Unrealized losses on marketable securities and cash equivalents	(35)	(4)
Unrealized gains on trading equity securities
Unrealized losses on trading equity securities
Fair value of marketable securities and cash equivalents	1,724	1,655
Fair value of trading equity securities	22	24
United States Government Obligations [Member] \| Maturity Less Than 1 Year [Member]
Cost	468	753
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value	468	753
United States Government Obligations [Member] \| Maturity 1 To 5 Years [Member]
Cost	61	72
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities	1	1
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value	62	73
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Obligations [Member] \| Maturity Less Than 1 Year [Member]
Cost		20
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		20
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Obligations [Member] \| Maturity 1 To 5 Years [Member]
Cost		54
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		54
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Obligations [Member] \| Maturity 5 To 10 Years [Member]
Cost		5
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		5
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Obligations [Member] \| Maturity Greater Than 10 Years [Member]
Cost		218
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities		8
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		226
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities	(1)
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] \| Maturity Less Than 1 Year [Member]
Cost		1
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		1
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] \| Maturity 1 To 5 Years [Member]
Cost	66	35
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities		1
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities	(1)
Fair Value	65	36
Other Debt Instruments [Member] \| Maturity Less Than 1 Year [Member]
Cost	950	215
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value	950	215
Other Debt Instruments [Member] \| Maturity 1 To 5 Years [Member]
Cost	4	3
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value	4	3
Other Debt Instruments [Member] \| Maturity 5 To 10 Years [Member]
Cost		7
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities
Fair Value		7
Equity Securities [Member]
Cost	157	159
Unrealized Gains on available for sale equity securities	30	83
Unrealized losses on available for sale equity securities	(34)	(4)
Fair Value	$ 153	$ 238

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Total common and preferred stock (which is not mandatorily redeemable, redeemable at the option of the holder, or in any other way classified as liability) equity securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time) or for equity securities formerly categorized as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity which the entity held as of the date it opted to account for such securities at fair value. An enterprise may also categorize such a security as trading without the intent to sell it in the near term assuming the decision to categorize the security as trading occurred at acquisition.

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