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Goodwill

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Goodwill.

Goodwill

4.  Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2013 is as follows:

			(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2012			$	1,314.6
Acquisition			349.1
Effect of foreign currency translation			(4.9		)
Balance as of June 30, 2013			$	1,658.8

We had no accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill as of June 30, 2013.

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