Indebtedness	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Indebtedness [Abstract]
INDEBTEDNESS	NOTE 9. INDEBTEDNESS In August 2011, we completed a private placement of $750 million 3.2% senior notes that have registration rights and will mature in August 2021 (“3.2% Notes”) under our Indenture dated October 28, 2008. Net proceeds from the offering were approximately $742 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and expenses of the offering. Interest is payable February 15 and August 15 of each year. The 3.2% Notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future indebtedness; senior in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness; and effectively junior to our future secured indebtedness, if any, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries. We may redeem, at our option, all or part of the 3.2% Notes at any time, at the applicable make-whole redemption prices plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In September 2011, we used $563 million of the net proceeds from the offering to redeem in full our 6.5% Notes, and the remainder will be used for general corporate purposes, which could include funding on-going operations, business acquisitions and repurchases of our common stock. The redemption of our 6.5% Notes resulted in a payment of a redemption premium of $63 million and in a pretax loss on the early extinguishment of this debt of $40 million, which includes the redemption premium, the write off of the remaining original debt issuance costs and debt discount, partially offset by the $25 million gain from the termination of two related interest rate swap agreements. In June 2011, we repaid the $250 million principal amount of our 5.75% Notes using proceeds from U.S. Treasury Bills that matured in May 2011. In September 2011, we entered into a five-year committed $2.5 billion revolving credit facility maturing in September 2016. The new revolving credit facility replaced our existing committed revolving credit facilities of $500 million maturing in July 2012 and $1.2 billion maturing in March 2013, both of which were terminated in September 2011. There were no direct borrowings under committed revolving credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. We also have a commercial paper program under which we may issue up to $1.0 billion in commercial paper with maturity of no more than 270 days. To the extent we have outstanding commercial paper, our ability to borrow under the facility is reduced. At September 30, 2011, we had no outstanding commercial paper.

NOTE 9. INDEBTEDNESS

In August 2011, we completed a private placement of $750 million 3.2% senior notes that have registration rights and will mature in August 2021 (“3.2% Notes”) under our Indenture dated October 28, 2008. Net proceeds from the offering were approximately $742 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and expenses of the offering. Interest is payable February 15 and August 15 of each year. The 3.2% Notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future indebtedness; senior in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness; and effectively junior to our future secured indebtedness, if any, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries. We may redeem, at our option, all or part of the 3.2% Notes at any time, at the applicable make-whole redemption prices plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In September 2011, we used $563 million of the net proceeds from the offering to redeem in full our 6.5% Notes, and the remainder will be used for general corporate purposes, which could include funding on-going operations, business acquisitions and repurchases of our common stock. The redemption of our 6.5% Notes resulted in a payment of a redemption premium of $63 million and in a pretax loss on the early extinguishment of this debt of $40 million, which includes the redemption premium, the write off of the remaining original debt issuance costs and debt discount, partially offset by the $25 million gain from the termination of two related interest rate swap agreements.

In June 2011, we repaid the $250 million principal amount of our 5.75% Notes using proceeds from U.S. Treasury Bills that matured in May 2011.

In September 2011, we entered into a five-year committed $2.5 billion revolving credit facility maturing in September 2016. The new revolving credit facility replaced our existing committed revolving credit facilities of $500 million maturing in July 2012 and $1.2 billion maturing in March 2013, both of which were terminated in September 2011. There were no direct borrowings under committed revolving credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. We also have a commercial paper program under which we may issue up to $1.0 billion in commercial paper with maturity of no more than 270 days. To the extent we have outstanding commercial paper, our ability to borrow under the facility is reduced. At September 30, 2011, we had no outstanding commercial paper.