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Income Taxes (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
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Valuation allowance |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 10.1 | $ 9.1 |
Income taxes, additional disclosures |  |  |
Undistributed earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries | 329.7 | 282.2 | 313.0
Withholding taxes payable upon remittance of all previously unremitted earnings | 9.8 |  |
U.S. |  |  |
Valuation allowance |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 10.1 |  |

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