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Employee Benefits Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Abstract] |
Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the fair value of our domestic and foreign pension plan assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized to determine such fair value. See Note 11 for a description of the fair value hierarchy.
| December 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Asset Class | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Investment funds | $ | 16.8 |  |  | $ | 335.8 |  |  | $ | 57.9 |  |  | $ | 410.5 |  |  | $ | 18.8 |  |  | $ | 372.6 |  |  | $ | 40.1 |  |  | $ | 431.5 |
Limited partnerships | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 31.0 |  |  | 31.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 32.1 |  |  | 32.1 |
Fixed income securities | 22.1 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 22.5 |  |  | 17.6 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 19.0 |
Insurance contracts | 0.0 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 19.3 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 19.3 |
Other | 23.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 23.0 |  |  | 24.8 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 25.1 |
Total | $ | 61.9 |  |  | $ | 349.9 |  |  | $ | 88.9 |  |  | $ | 500.7 |  |  | $ | 61.2 |  |  | $ | 393.3 |  |  | $ | 72.5 |  |  | $ | 527.0 |

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