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Organization and Nature of Business (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 employee segment	Jul. 28, 2017	May 03, 2007
Number of employees | employee	1,206
Number of operating segments | segment	2
IBG LLC [Member]
IBG Inc. ownership % of IBG LLC	17.10%	17.40%	10.00%

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