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Fair Value Measurements Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring basis - Level 3 reconciliation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis [Abstract] |
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis unobservable input reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The following table presents additional information about financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis and for which we utilize Level 3 inputs to determine fair value.
|  | Years ended December 31,
Liabilities |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests - Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 32.8 |  |  | $ | 27.0 |
Level 3 additions |  | 23.7 |  |  | 5.6 |
Level 3 reductions |  | (17.2 | ) |  | (0.8 | )
Realized losses included in net income |  | 5.3 |  |  | 1.0 |
Foreign currency translation |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.0 |
Mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests - Balance at end of period |  | $ | 45.0 |  |  | $ | 32.8 |

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