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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2017	Feb. 15, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
contingent interest payment		$ 7.7	$ 6.6
fair value of contingent interest payment	$ 7.5		$ 14.3
Convertible Debt, Fair Value Disclosures	3,200.0
Debt instrument fair value senior notes 2023	761.3
Debt instrument fair value senior notes 2025	$ 515.0

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Fair value portion of borrowing which can be exchanged for a specified number of another security at the option of the issuer or the holder, for example, but not limited to, the entity's common stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Convertible Security
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6509036

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