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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note [Text Block] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax The following tables present the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax by component.
| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Available-for-Sale Securities |  | Derivative Instruments |  | Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2013 | $ | (243.7 | ) |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | (11.7 | ) |  | $ | (156.2 | ) |  | $ | (411.2 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (0.4 | ) |  | 0.1 |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (1.3 | )
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax | (0.9 | ) |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 1.6 |
Balance as of March 31, 2014 | $ | (245.0 | ) |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | (11.8 | ) |  | $ | (154.6 | ) |  | $ | (410.9 | )
| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Available-for-Sale Securities |  | Derivative Instruments |  | Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 | $ | (130.1 | ) |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | (12.7 | ) |  | $ | (146.0 | ) |  | $ | (288.0 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (37.6 | ) |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | (1.6 | ) |  | (38.8 | )
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax | 0.0 |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 1.4 |
Balance as of March 31, 2013 | $ | (167.7 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | (12.5 | ) |  | $ | (145.5 | ) |  | $ | (325.4 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
| Three months ended March 31, |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statement of Operations
| 2014 |  | 2013 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ | (0.9 | ) |  | $ | 0.0 |  |  | Other income, net
Gains on available-for-sale securities | 0.0 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | Other income, net
Losses on derivative instruments | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | Interest expense
Amortization of defined benefit pension and postretirement plans items 1 | 2.6 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |
Tax effect | (0.5 | ) |  | (0.8 | ) |  | Benefit of income taxes
Total amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 1.4 |  |  |
1 | These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic cost. See Note 10 for further information.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e681-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669619-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e640-108580 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e709-108580 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 + Details
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