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Repositioning Actions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Repositioning Actions and Supplemental Data [Abstract] |
Repositioning Actions [Text Block] | Repositioning Actions In connection with a continuing review of our businesses focused on enhancing our strategic position, improving our operations and rebalancing our workforce, in the first quarter of 2011 we recorded $131.3 million of charges related to repositioning actions for severance, real estate lease terminations and asset and goodwill write-offs related to disposals and other costs. A summary of our repositioning actions taken in the first quarter of 2011 is (in millions):
Severance | $ | 92.8 |
Real estate lease terminations | 15.3 |
Asset and goodwill write-offs related to disposals and other costs | 23.2 |
| $ | 131.3 |
Substantially all the $92.8 million liability recorded for severance was paid as of December 31, 2011 and the real estate lease termination payments were made as of December 31, 2011. The charges for asset and goodwill write-offs and other costs are primarily comprised of non-cash items. The impact of the repositioning actions and the remeasurement gain, which were recorded in the first quarter of 2011, on operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 was (in millions):
| Increase (Decrease)
| Repositioning Actions |  | Remeasurement Gain
Salary and service costs | $ | 92.8 |  |  |
Office and general expenses | 38.5 |  |  | $ | (123.4 | )
| $ | 131.3 |  |  | $ | (123.4 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140864-122747 + Details
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