Qurate Retail, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value (Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value (Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	$ 2,147	$ 762
Short term marketable securities	889us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	412us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent
Available-for-sale securities	1,220us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	1,309us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Available-for-sale Securities, Noncurrent	1,224	1,313
Debt	2,574us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue	2,355us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
Fair Value, Inputs (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	2,147	762
Short term marketable securities	277	62
Available-for-sale securities	1,203	1,047
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short term marketable securities	612	350
Available-for-sale securities	17	262
Debt	$ 2,574	$ 2,355

- Definition

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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