Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations, assuming the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2010, are as follows:

In millions	Three months ended September 30, 2011		Nine months ended September 30, 2011
Revenue	$	1,463	$	4,057
Net income attributable to NCR	35		78

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following table includes the results of the Entertainment Business, which we historically included in our Entertainment segment:

In millions	Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenue	$	1		$	41		$	62		$	115
Operating expenses	3			51			104			150
Loss from operations	(2		)	(10		)	(42		)	(35		)
Gain from divestiture of the business	—			—			33			—
Loss before income taxes	(2		)	(10		)	(9		)	(35		)
Income tax benefit	(1		)	(3		)	(4		)	(11		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(1	)	$	(7	)	$	(5	)	$	(24	)

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

In millions	Three months ended September 30, 2012		Three months ended September 30, 2011
	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax
Divestiture of the Entertainment Business	$(2)	$(1)	$(10)	$(7)
Loss from discontinued operations	$(2)	$(1)	$(10)	$(7)

In millions	Nine months ended September 30, 2012		Nine months ended September 30, 2011
	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax	Pre-Tax	Net of Tax
Environmental matters	$2	$1	$(3)	$(2)
Divestiture of the Entertainment Business	(9)	(5)	(35)	(24)
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	$(7)	$3	$(44)	$(25)