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Repositioning Actions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Repositioning Actions and Supplemental Data [Abstract] |
Summary of Repositioning Actions [Table Text Block] | 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 |
Impact of Repositioning Actions and Remeasurement Gain on Components of Operting Expenses [Table Text Block] | 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 Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. + References Reference 1: 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 2: 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FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.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 3: 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 Reference 4: 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 + Details
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