| Marketable Securities [Text Block] |
Marketable Securities
The following table summarizes the fair value of marketable securities which approximates cost (dollars in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | Fair Value Level | | June 30, 2015 | | December 31, 2014 | Cash and cash equivalents | | | | | | Available-for-sale securities | | | | | | U.S. government and agencies | 2 | | $ | 348 |
| | $ | 1,600 |
| Sovereign debt | 2 | | 3,371 |
| | 774 |
| Money market funds | 1 | | 1,540 |
| | 2,480 |
| Corporate debt | 2 | | 5,129 |
| | 6,036 |
| Total available-for-sale securities | | | 10,388 |
| | 10,890 |
| Trading securities – sovereign and corporate debt | 2 | | 97 |
| | 431 |
| Total marketable securities classified as cash equivalents | | | 10,485 |
| | 11,321 |
| Cash, cash equivalents and time deposits | | | 7,142 |
| | 7,633 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | | | $ | 17,627 |
| | $ | 18,954 |
| Marketable securities | | | | | | Available-for-sale securities | | | | | | U.S. government and agencies | 2 | | $ | 3,874 |
| | $ | 5,957 |
| Corporate debt | 2 | | 2,223 |
| | 1,998 |
| Total available-for-sale securities | | | 6,097 |
| | 7,955 |
| Trading securities – sovereign debt | 2 | | 1,103 |
| | 1,267 |
| Total marketable securities | | | $ | 7,200 |
| | $ | 9,222 |
| Restricted cash and marketable securities | | | | | | Available-for-sale securities, primarily money market funds | 1 | | $ | 1,308 |
| | $ | 1,427 |
| Restricted cash, cash equivalents and time deposits | | | 757 |
| | 846 |
| Total restricted cash and marketable securities | | | $ | 2,065 |
| | $ | 2,273 |
| | | | | | | Available-for-sale securities included above with contractual maturities | | | | | | Due in one year or less | | | $ | 12,947 |
| | | Due between one year and five years | | | 2,024 |
| | | Total available-for-sale securities with contractual maturities | | | $ | 14,971 |
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Sales proceeds from investments classified as available-for-sale and sold prior to maturity were $4.5 billion and $748 million in the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 and $5.9 billion and $1.5 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. Cumulative unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities were insignificant at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and net unrealized gains and losses on trading securities were insignificant in the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
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