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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule II [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Text Block] | SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS For the Three Years Ended December 31, 2011
(In millions)
Column A | Column B |  | Column C |  | Column D |  | Column D |  | Column E
Description | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Removal of Uncollectible Receivables |  | Translation Adjustments (Increase) Decrease |  | Balance at End of Period
Valuation accounts deducted from assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2011 | $ | 46.7 |  |  | $ | 8.1 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 40.6 |
December 31, 2010 | 59.5 |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | 21.8 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 46.7 |
December 31, 2009 | 59.9 |  |  | 24.9 |  |  | 26.7 |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 59.5 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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