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Fair Value (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] |
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |  |
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Input
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
Balance Sheet Classification |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 20.0 |  |  | $ | 20.0 |  |  | $ | 36.0 |  |  | $ | 36.0 |  |  | Level 1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 2.3 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | Level 2
Other assets and deferred charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | Level 2
Other accrued expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | Level 2
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] |
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |  |
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Input
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
9.25% Notes |  | $ | 379.5 |  |  | $ | 425.5 |  |  | $ | 379.0 |  |  | $ | 415.0 |  |  | Level 2
7.875% Notes |  | 300.0 |  |  | 312.0 |  |  | 300.0 |  |  | 295.5 |  |  | Level 2
7.75% Notes |  | 200.0 |  |  | 219.0 |  |  | 200.0 |  |  | 195.0 |  |  | Level 2
6.625% Notes |  | 550.0 |  |  | 556.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Level 2
5.25% Notes |  | 112.1 |  |  | 117.7 |  |  | 249.9 |  |  | 243.8 |  |  | Level 2

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 6 -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. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -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. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a),(b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, 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). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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