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Share Repurchase (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified |
12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||||||
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Jan. 28, 2012
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Jan. 29, 2011
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Jan. 30, 2010
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Nov. 30, 2007
2007 Share Repurchase Program
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Jan. 28, 2012
2012 Share Repurchase Program
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Jan. 28, 2012
Prepaid forward contracts market value
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Jan. 29, 2011
Prepaid forward contracts market value
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Jan. 30, 2010
Prepaid forward contracts market value
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Jan. 28, 2012
Cash investment
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Jan. 29, 2011
Cash investment
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Jan. 30, 2010
Cash investment
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| Share Repurchase Information | |||||||||||
| Amount approved by board of directors for share repurchase program | $ 10,000,000,000 | $ 5,000,000,000 | |||||||||
| Remaining capacity on share repurchase plan | 279,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Total Number of Shares Purchased | 37.2 | 47.8 | 9.9 | ||||||||
| Repurchase of stock, average price per share (in dollars per share) | $ 50.89 | $ 52.44 | $ 48.54 | ||||||||
| Total Investment | 1,894,000,000 | 2,508,000,000 | 479,000,000 | ||||||||
| Stock repurchased, delivered upon settlement of prepaid forward contracts (in shares) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Repurchase of stock | 1,894,000,000 | 2,514,000,000 | 482,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 56,000,000 | 56,000,000 | |||||
| Stock repurchased, delivered upon settlement of prepaid forward contracts | $ 52,000,000 | $ 61,000,000 | $ 60,000,000 | ||||||||