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Goodwill | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Goodwill. |
Goodwill | 4. Goodwill The change in the carrying amount of goodwill is as follows:
| (in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2016 | $ | 1,724.8
Acquisition |  | 96.0
Effect of foreign currency translation |  | 3.8
Balance at March 31, 2016 | $ | 1,824.6
We had no accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill at March 31, 2016. All of the goodwill recorded from our acquisition of Tubular Steel is tax deductible.

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