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Earnings Per Share Schedule of Dilutive securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Equity Option [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedules of Dilutive Securities [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dilutive Securities, Effect on Basic Earnings Per Share, Options and Restrictive Stock Units | $ 0 | $ 0 |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedules of Dilutive Securities [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dilutive Securities, Effect on Basic Earnings Per Share, Options and Restrictive Stock Units | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) to net income used for calculating diluted earnings per share (EPS), resulting from the assumed exercise of stock options or restrictive stock units (RSUs). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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