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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block] | Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31, |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments 1 |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 23.3 |  |  | Other expense, net
Gains on available-for-sale securities |  | (0.7 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | 0.0 |  |  | Other expense, net
Losses on derivative instruments |  | 2.1 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | Interest expense
Amortization of defined benefit pension and postretirement plans items |  | 13.7 |  |  | 5.8 |  |  | 10.4 |  |  | Other expense, net
Tax effect |  | (2.1 | ) |  | (2.1 | ) |  | (4.2 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
Total amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax |  | $ | 14.1 |  |  | $ | 8.1 |  |  | $ | 31.5 |  |  |
1 | These foreign currency translation adjustments are primarily a result of the sales of businesses.

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