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NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST |
Summary of non-controlling interest activity |
|  | 201 2 |  | 201 1 |
Balance as of January 1, |  | $ | 2 1.0 |  | $ | 20.0 |
Net earnings |  | 2.1 |  | 1.8 |
Dividend paid |  | (0.5 | ) | (2.2 | )
Other |  | — |  | (0.1 | )
Balance as of March 31, |  | $ | 22.6 |  | $ | 19.5 |

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