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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Oct. 15, 2013 | Aug. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Aug. 18, 2011 | Jun. 08, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2006
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  |  |  | $ (8,600,000) | $ 29,100,000 | $ 800,000 |  |  |  |
Tax accounting correction |  |  |  |  | 29,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Total deferred charges and prepaid taxes |  |  |  | 248,900,000 | 33,400,000 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liability recognized |  |  |  | 203,700,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Net benefit for a previously unrecognized position |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49,800,000 |  |  |
Expense for non-income based state taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,300,000 |  |  |
Proposed Disallowance By Tax Authorities For Payment For Services |  |  | 130,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes (Textual) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Undistributed Foreign Earnings Of Non Us Subsidiaries |  |  |  | 3,800,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefit |  |  | 31,300,000 | 32,500,000 | 109,500,000 | 31,300,000 |  |  |  |
Net Interest Expense Benefit |  |  |  | 4,500,000 | 100,000 | 12,900,000 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Accrued |  |  |  | 11,300,000 | 2,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Notice of Assessment of corporate excise tax including penalties and interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103,500,000 | 38,900,000
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions | 5,000,000 | 7,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Adjustments And Settlements Interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,000,000 |  |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated Tax Liability On Undistributed Earnings Of Foreign Subsidiaries |  |  |  | 900,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated Tax Liability On Undistributed Earnings Of Foreign Subsidiaries |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
General Business | Domestic Country |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards |  |  |  | 36,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount |  |  |  | 4,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
General Business | State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, State and Local |  |  |  | 108,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
General Business | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards |  |  |  | 5,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Research | State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount |  |  |  | 113,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Hillerod Denmark Facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  |  |  |  | $ 33,100,000 |  |  |  |  |

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