Accrued Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in millions):

	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Salaries and benefits	$	1,043	$	1,251
Product warranties	189		207
Dividends payable (see Note 11)	233		237
Partner rebates	198		235
Restructuring, current (See Note 12)	156		123
Derivatives	48		75
Other	956		1,013
	$	2,823	$	3,141

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (table in millions):

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2015			June 30, 2014			June 30, 2015			June 30, 2014
Balance, beginning of the period	$	188		$	273		$	207		$	286
Provision	44			32			77			75
Amounts charged to the accrual	(43		)	(51		)	(95		)	(107		)
Balance, end of the period	$	189		$	254		$	189		$	254