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Goodwill | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Goodwill. |
Goodwill | 4. Goodwill The change in the carrying amount of goodwill is as follows:
|  | (in millions) |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 1,691.6 |
Purchase price allocation adjustment |  | 1.2 |
Sale of business |  | (17.1 | )
Effect of foreign currency translation |  | 0.6 |
Balance at June 30, 2014 |  | $ | 1,676.3 |
We had no accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill as of June 30, 2014.

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