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Income Taxes Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Summary of Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are listed below.
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Postretirement/post-employment benefits | $ | 25.3 |  |  | $ | 27.4 |
Deferred compensation | 193.4 |  |  | 191.2 |
Pension costs | 25.8 |  |  | 41.4 |
Basis differences in fixed assets | (67.5 | ) |  | (38.5 | )
Rent | 41.1 |  |  | 45.8 |
Interest | 60.9 |  |  | 60.9 |
Accruals and reserves | 29.4 |  |  | 34.8 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 10.8 |  |  | 10.8 |
Basis differences in intangible assets | (408.2 | ) |  | (412.3 | )
Investments in equity securities | (8.3 | ) |  | (2.6 | )
Tax loss/tax credit carry forwards | 354.5 |  |  | 404.4 |
Restructuring and other reorganization-related costs | 0.4 |  |  | (0.3 | )
Prepaid expenses | (2.3 | ) |  | 0.0 |
Other | 59.9 |  |  | 59.2 |
Total deferred tax assets, net | 315.2 |  |  | 422.2 |
Valuation allowance | (275.1 | ) |  | (332.2 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 40.1 |  |  | $ | 90.0 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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