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Acquisitions Cash Paid for Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Cash Paid for Acquisitions [Abstract] |  |  |
Cost of investment: current-year acquisitions |  | $ 8.3 | $ 87.2
Cost of investment: prior-year acquisitions |  | 31.8 | 13.3
Less: net cash acquired |  | (2.4) | (24.9)
Total cost of investment |  | 37.7 | 75.6
Operating expense | [1] | 17.6 | 1.8
Total cash paid for acquisitions | [2] | 55.3 | 77.4
Payments for Previous Acquisitions |  | 31.8 | 12.7
Current Year Acquisitions, Net of Cash Acquired |  | $ 5.9 | $ 62.9
[1] | Represents cash payments made that were either in excess of the initial value of contingent payments or contingent upon the future employment of the former owners of the acquired companies and are recorded in the operating section of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
[2] | Of the total cash paid for acquisitions, $31.8 and $12.7 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and 2014, respectively, are classified under the financing section of the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as acquisition-related payments. These amounts relate to deferred payments and increases in our ownership interest for prior acquisitions. $5.9 and $62.9 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and 2014, respectively, are classified under the investing section of the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, as acquisitions, net of cash acquired. These amounts relate to initial payments for new transactions.

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- Definition Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956791&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
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- Definition For transactions that are recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination, such as related to pre-existing relationships with the acquiree, this element represents the disclosure of the amount of acquisition related costs which have been expensed. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956515&loc=d3e1392-128463 + Details
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