| Fair value of each major class of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis |
The fair value of each major class of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis was as follows (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) | | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | | Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair value measurement | | | | | | as of September 30, 2012, using: | | | | | Total | Assets: | | | | | | | | | Available-for-sale securities: | | | | | | | | | U.S. Treasury securities | | $ | 3,960 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 3,960 |
| Other government-related debt securities: | | | | | | | | | Obligations of U.S. government agencies and FDIC-guaranteed bank debt | | — |
| | 1,198 |
| | — |
| | 1,198 |
| Foreign and other | | — |
| | 1,712 |
| | — |
| | 1,712 |
| Corporate debt securities: | | | | | | | | | Financial | | — |
| | 3,256 |
| | — |
| | 3,256 |
| Industrial | | — |
| | 4,318 |
| | — |
| | 4,318 |
| Other | | — |
| | 432 |
| | — |
| | 432 |
| Residential mortgage-backed securities | | — |
| | 1,836 |
| | — |
| | 1,836 |
| Other mortgage- and asset-backed securities | | — |
| | 2,066 |
| | — |
| | 2,066 |
| Money market mutual funds | | 4,000 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 4,000 |
| Other short-term interest-bearing securities | | — |
| | 2,105 |
| | — |
| | 2,105 |
| Equity securities | | 52 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 52 |
| Derivatives: | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency contracts | | — |
| | 87 |
| | — |
| | 87 |
| Cross-currency swap contracts | | — |
| | 12 |
| | — |
| | 12 |
| Total assets | | $ | 8,012 |
| | $ | 17,022 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 25,034 |
| Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | Derivatives: | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency contracts | | $ | — |
| | $ | 55 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 55 |
| Cross-currency swap contracts | | — |
| | 27 |
| | — |
| | 27 |
| Contingent consideration obligations in connection with a business combination | | — |
| | — |
| | 195 |
| | 195 |
| Total liabilities | | $ | — |
| | $ | 82 |
| | $ | 195 |
| | $ | 277 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) | | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | | Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair value measurement | | | | | | as of December 31, 2011, using: | | | | | Total | Assets: | | | | | | | | | Available-for-sale investments: | | | | | | | | | U.S. Treasury securities | | $ | 3,946 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 3,946 |
| Other government-related debt securities: | | | | | | | | | Obligations of U.S. government agencies and FDIC-guaranteed bank debt | | — |
| | 1,571 |
| | — |
| | 1,571 |
| Foreign and other | | — |
| | 450 |
| | — |
| | 450 |
| Corporate debt securities: | | | | | | | | | Financial | | — |
| | 2,508 |
| | — |
| | 2,508 |
| Industrial | | — |
| | 3,146 |
| | — |
| | 3,146 |
| Other | | — |
| | 289 |
| | — |
| | 289 |
| Residential mortgage-backed securities | | — |
| | 518 |
| | — |
| | 518 |
| Other mortgage- and asset-backed securities | | — |
| | 1,267 |
| | — |
| | 1,267 |
| Money market mutual funds | | 6,266 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 6,266 |
| Equity securities | | 42 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 42 |
| Derivatives: | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency contracts | | — |
| | 172 |
| | — |
| | 172 |
| Interest rate swap contracts | | — |
| | 377 |
| | — |
| | 377 |
| Total assets | | $ | 10,254 |
| | $ | 10,298 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 20,552 |
| Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | Derivatives: | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency contracts | | $ | — |
| | $ | 48 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 48 |
| Cross-currency swap contracts | | — |
| | 26 |
| | — |
| | 26 |
| Contingent consideration obligations in connection with a business combination | | — |
| | — |
| | 190 |
| | 190 |
| Total liabilities | | $ | — |
| | $ | 74 |
| | $ | 190 |
| | $ | 264 |
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