Non-Marketable Investments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | |||
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Jun. 30, 2016 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2016 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
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| Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] | |||||
| Equity method investments | $ 1,700 | $ 1,700 | $ 1,600 | ||
| Loss on equity method investments | 43 | $ 59 | 148 | $ 89 | |
| Cost method investments | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2,600 | ||
| Fair value of cost method investments | 8,100 | 8,100 | 7,500 | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |||||
| Cost of non-marketable debt securities | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,000 | ||
| VIE, Not Primary Beneficiary, Aggregated Disclosure | |||||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |||||
| Net assets of VIE | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | ||
| Maximum loss exposure | $ 1,300 | $ 1,300 | $ 1,300 | ||
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- Definition Non-Marketable Debt Securities, Cost Basis No definition available.
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- Definition Amount, after adjustment, of cost-method investment. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, dividends received in excess of earnings after date of investment that are considered a return of investment and other than temporary impairments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Fair value portion of investments accounted under the cost method. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This item represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of the net income (loss) of its investee (such as unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures) to which the equity method of accounting is applied. This item includes income or expense related to stock-based compensation based on the investor's grant of stock to employees of an equity method investee. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The reporting entity's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the Variable Interest Entity (VIE). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition Net carrying amount of the assets and liabilities in the reporting entity's statement of financial position that relate to the reporting entity's variable interest in the Variable Interest Entity (VIE), when the reporting entity is not the VIE's primary beneficiary. No definition available.
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