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Fair Value (Tables)

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Jun. 30, 2012

Fair Value [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

		June 30, 2012								December 31, 2011
		Carrying Amount				Fair Value				Carrying Amount				Fair Value				Input
		(in millions)								(in millions)
Balance Sheet Classification
Cash equivalents		$	2.6			$	2.6			$	36.0			$	36.0			Level 1
Prepaid expenses and other current     assets
Currency forward contracts		1.3				1.3				0.1				0.1				Level 2
Other assets and deferred charges
Currency forward contracts		0.3				0.3				0.1				0.1				Level 2
Other accrued expenses
Currency forward contracts		1.5				1.5				5.6				5.6				Level 2

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

		June 30, 2012								December 31, 2011
		Carrying  Amount				Fair Value				Carrying  Amount				Fair Value				Input
		(in millions)								(in millions)
9.25% Notes		$	379.3			$	426.5			$	379.0			$	415.0			Level 2
7.875% Notes		300.0				309.8				300.0				295.5				Level 2
7.75% Notes		200.0				210.5				200.0				195.0				Level 2
5.25% Notes		249.9				256.9				249.9				243.8				Level 2

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Tabular disclosure of liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Where the quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the Level 1 input is the quoted price of an identical liability when traded as an asset.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 157

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-Footnote 4

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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