Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Company's pension and postretirement benefit plans

($ in millions)		2014			2013
Pension benefits
Service cost	$	24		$	40
Interest cost		64			66
Expected return on plan assets		(99	)		(97	)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit		(15	)		--
Net actuarial loss		29			65
Settlement loss		11			10
Net periodic pension cost	$	14		$	84

Postretirement benefits
Service cost	$	3		$	4
Interest cost		6			8
Amortization of:
Prior service credit		(6	)		(6	)
Net actuarial gain		(6	)		(3	)
Net periodic postretirement (credit) cost	$	(3	)	$	3

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of one or more of the entity's defined benefit pension plans or one or more other defined benefit postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans including the entity's schedule of fair value of plan assets for defined benefit or other postretirement plans.

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