Discontinued Operations

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations [Text Block]

13. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

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

The income (loss) from discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30 was:

In millions	Three months ended June 30, 2012		Three months ended June 30, 2011
	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax
Environmental matters	$—	$—	$(2)	$(1)
Divestiture of the Entertainment Business	12	8	(13)	(9)
Spin-off of Teradata	—	5	—	—
Divestiture of the Healthcare business	—	—	(2)	(1)
Closure of the EFT Canadian business	—	—	(2)	(1)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$12	$13	$(19)	$(12)

In millions	Six months ended June 30, 2012		Six months ended June 30, 2011
	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax
Environmental matters	$2	$1	$(3)	$(2)
Divestiture of the Entertainment Business	(7)	(4)	(25)	(17)
Spin-off of Teradata	—	7	—	4
Divestiture of the Healthcare business	—	—	(4)	(2)
Closure of the EFT Canadian business	—	—	(2)	(1)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations	$(5)	$4	$(34)	$(18)

Environmental Matters For the six months ended June 30, 2012, income (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.

Divestiture of the Entertainment Business As described in Note 3, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," on June 22, 2012, we sold certain assets of our Entertainment Business. Beginning in 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. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, income (loss) from discontinued operations included the results of operations of the Entertainment business, as well as a $33 million, or $21 million net of tax, gain from the divestiture of the business.

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 and six months ended June 30, 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.

Closure of the Canadian EFT Business In 2011, we closed our Canadian EFT payment processing business. We have included the results of operations and cash flows of the Canadian EFT business as a discontinued operation.