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Supplementary Data Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | Property and Equipment
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Furniture and equipment |  | $ | 634.8 |  |  | $ | 604.2 |
Leasehold improvements |  | 641.5 |  |  | 599.8 |
Internal-use computer software |  | 331.3 |  |  | 306.5 |
Land and buildings |  | 79.0 |  |  | 73.1 |
Gross property and equipment |  | 1,686.6 |  |  | 1,583.6 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  | (1,036.2 | ) |  | (961.6 | )
Total property and equipment, net |  | $ | 650.4 |  |  | $ | 622.0 |

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