The additional amount authorized by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan during the year.

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- Definition

Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

-Article 5

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased and retired during the period. The excess of the purchase price over par value can be charged against retained earnings (once the excess is fully allocated to additional paid in capital).

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Amount of a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors.

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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Stock Repurchase Program (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	32 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	32 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013 Maximum	Aug. 31, 2012 Maximum	Aug. 31, 2011 Maximum	Aug. 16, 2011 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Sep. 30, 2011 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Mar. 07, 2012 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Mar. 31, 2014 Rule 10b5-1 Repurchase Plan and Open Market Purchases
Stock Repurchase Program
Stock repurchase additional authorized amount	$ 500.0	$ 300.0	$ 200.0
Authorized amount of stock repurchase						1,000.0	500.0	200.0	100.0
Shares repurchased and retired under the agreement					27.4					4.3	4.8	22.6
Total cost of shares repurchased under the agreement					660.1							560.1
Remaining repurchase amount of shares pursuant to the plan				$ 339.9
Average price per share of stock repurchased under the agreement (in dollars per share)					$ 24.10						$ 20.97	$ 24.75