2.0.0.10falseComprehensive Income00900 - Disclosure - Comprehensive Incometruefalsefalsefalse1usd$falsefalsePercentStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217020low_NotesToConsolidatedFinancialStatementslowfalsenadurationstringNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements Headerfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsetruefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalseNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements Headerfalse31us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNoteTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationstringNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterselabelfalse1falsefalsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:12pt"><p>Note 8: Comprehensive Income - Comprehensive income represents changes in shareholders’ equity from non-owner sources and is comprised of net earnings plus or minus unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments. The following table reconciles net earnings to comprehensive income for the three months ended April 30, 2010, and May 1, 2009.<br /></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 20px;"><tr><td height="21" width="299" align="left"> </td><td width="242" align="center" colspan="4" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" height="21"><b>Three Months Ended</b></td></tr><tr><td height="20" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="left" width="299">(In millions)</td><td width="121" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" height="20"><b>April 30, 2010</b></td><td width="121" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" height="20"><b>May 1, 2009</b></td></tr><tr><td height="20" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;" align="left" width="299">Net earnings</td><td height="20" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;" align="center" width="14">$</td><td height="20" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;" align="right" width="107"> 489 </td><td height="20" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;" align="center" width="14">$</td><td height="20" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000;" align="right" width="107"> 476 </td></tr><tr><td height="20" width="299" align="left">Foreign currency translation adjustments</td><td height="20" width="14" align="center"> </td><td height="20" width="107" align="right"> 19 </td><td height="20" width="14" align="center"> </td><td height="20" width="107" align="right"> 12 </td></tr><tr><td height="20" width="299" align="left">Net unrealized investment losses</td><td height="20" width="14" align="center"><b> </b></td><td height="20" width="107" align="right"> (1)</td><td height="20" width="14" align="center"><b> </b></td><td height="20" width="107" align="right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><td height="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="left" width="299"><b>Comprehensive income</b></td><td height="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center" width="14"><b>$</b></td><td height="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="right" width="107"><b> 507 </b></td><td height="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center" width="14"><b>$</b></td><td height="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="right" width="107"><b> 487 </b></td></tr></table></div>Note 8: Comprehensive Income - Comprehensive income represents changes in shareholders’ equity from non-owner sources and is comprised of net earningsfalsefalsefalseThis label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 130
-Paragraph 14-26
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