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Income Taxes Unrecognized Tax Benefts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning balance	$ 47.3	$ 21.7	$ 20.7
Increase in prior year tax positions	0.0	10.5	6.1
Decrease in prior year tax positions	(9.4)	(0.5)	(4.4)
Increase in current year tax positions	8.8	15.6	4.0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Foreign Currency Translation	(5.1)
Settlement			(4.7)
Unrecognized tax benefits, ending balance	41.6	47.3	21.7
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued [Abstract]
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties, beginning balance	12.2	4.1	10.2
Interest and penalties, increase in prior year tax positions	1.4	8.1	0.1
Interest and penalties, decrease in prior year tax positions	(4.9)	0.0	(6.2)
Interest and penalties, increase in current year tax positions	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unrecognized income tax benefit interest and penalties, decrease from foreign currency remeasurement adjustment	(1.8)
Interest and penalties, settlement			0.0
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties, ending balance	$ 6.9	$ 12.2	$ 4.1

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