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Intangible Assets, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Intangible Assets, net |
Summarizes the Company's intangible assets, net |
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
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|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |
|  | (in millions) |
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Covenants not to compete |  | $ | 7.3 |  | $ | (6.9 | ) | $ | 7.1 |  | $ | (6.7 | )
Loan fees |  |  | 31.2 |  |  | (17.6 | ) |  | 23.9 |  |  | (14.1 | )
Customer lists/relationships |  |  | 477.7 |  |  | (114.2 | ) |  | 379.3 |  |  | (83.7 | )
Software—internal use |  |  | 8.1 |  |  | (4.7 | ) |  | 8.1 |  |  | (3.8 | )
Other |  |  | 6.6 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | 4.9 |  |  | (1.7 | )
|  |  | 530.9 |  |  | (145.6 | ) |  | 423.3 |  |  | (110.0 | )
Intangible assets not subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  |  | 510.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 442.5 |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 1,041.5 |  | $ | (145.6 | ) | $ | 865.8 |  | $ | (110.0 | )
Summary of estimated aggregate amortization expense |
|  | (in millions) |
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2012 |  | $ | 40.4 |
2013 |  |  | 40.4 |
2014 |  |  | 38.4 |
2015 |  |  | 36.8 |
2016 |  |  | 35.1 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable finite-lived intangible assets, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization along with the disclosure of the carrying value of indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the estimated aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization for each of the five succeeding fiscal years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6905858&loc=d3e16323-109275 + Details
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