Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax includes activity related to environmental matters, the pending divestiture of our Entertainment Business, the spin-off of Teradata Data Warehousing (Teradata), and the divestiture of our healthcare solutions business.

The income (loss) from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31 was:

In millions	Three months ended March 31, 2012		Three months ended March 31, 2011
	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax
Environmental matters	$2	$1	$(1)	$(1)
Pending divestiture of the Entertainment business	(19)	(12)	(12)	(8)
Spin-off of Teradata	—	2	—	4
Divestiture of the Healthcare business	—	—	(2)	(1)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations	$(17)	$(9)	$(15)	$(6)

Environmental Matters For the three months ended March 31, 2012, income from discontinued operations included a scheduled payment from an insurer in connection with a settlement that had been agreed to in prior years related to the Fox River matter. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, loss from discontinued operations included a scheduled payment from an insurer in connection with a settlement that had been agreed to in prior years related to the Fox River matter, offset by the accrual of legal fees related to the Kalamazoo matter. Refer to Note 8, "Commitments and Contingencies," for additional information regarding the Fox River and Kalamazoo environmental matters.

Pending Divestiture of the Entertainment Business As described in Note 3, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in February 2012, we entered into an agreement to sell certain assets of our Entertainment Business. During the first quarter of 2012, we accounted for the Entertainment Business as a discontinued operation and as a result, for each period presented, the results of operations and cash flows of the Entertainment Business have been presented as a discontinued operation.

Spin-off of Teradata On September 30, 2007, NCR completed the spin-off of Teradata through the distribution of a tax-free stock dividend to its stockholders. The results of operations and cash flows of Teradata have been presented as a discontinued operation. There was no operating activity related to the spin-off of Teradata in 2012 and 2011. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, income from discontinued operations, net of tax, related to favorable changes in uncertain tax benefits attributable to Teradata.

Divestiture of our Healthcare Solutions Business In December 2011, we sold our healthcare solutions business. For each period presented, we have included the results of operations and cash flows of the healthcare solutions business as a discontinued operation.