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COMMON STOCK - Accelerated Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended
	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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