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NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST |
Summary of non-controlling interest activity |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Balance as of January 1, |  | $ | 28.2 |  | $ | 24.0 |
Net earnings |  | 1.2 |  | 1.6 |
Dividend paid |  | (0.3 | ) | (0.5 | )
Other |  | (0.1 | ) | — |
Balance as of March 31, |  | $ | 29.0 |  | $ | 25.1 |

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