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COMMON STOCK - Accelerated Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions | 1 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2018 | Oct. 31, 2018 | Jul. 31, 2018 | Apr. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Nov. 30, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016 | Apr. 30, 2016 | Feb. 29, 2016
February 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 325,000,000
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.2
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 83.60
Value of shares as a percent of total contract value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 82.00%
April 2016 (tranche 1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.8 |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 84.39 |
October 2016 (tranche 2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.7 |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 101.82 |  |
November 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  |  |  | $ 150,000,000 |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  | 1.3 | 1.1 |  |  |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  | $ 109.86 |  |  |
Value of shares as a percent of total contract value |  |  |  |  |  | 80.00% |  |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  | $ 114.85 |  |  |  |
April 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  | $ 400,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  | 2.8 | 2.5 |  |  |  |  |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 127.36 |  |  |  |  |
Value of shares as a percent of total contract value |  |  |  | 80.00% |  |  |  |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  | $ 142.37 |  |  |  |  |  |
October 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  | $ 250,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) | 1.7 | 1.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  | $ 139.22 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Value of shares as a percent of total contract value |  | 80.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) | $ 150.54 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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