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Capital Transactions (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Oct. 11, 2013
Feb. 03, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]      
Shares of common stock repurchased 429,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired    
2015 Share Repurchase Program      
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]      
Stock repurchase program, dollar amount authorized   $ 750,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount
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Cost of common stock repurchased under the stock repurchase program     $ 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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Shares of common stock repurchased     0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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