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Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies |
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by geographic segment |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2013 |
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|  | Gross Balance |  | Accumulated Impairment Losses |  | Net Goodwill |
|  | Balance January 1, 2013 |  | Acquired During the Period |  | Foreign Currency Translation and Other |  | Balance December 31, 2013 |  | Balance January 1, 2013 |  | Impairment Loss During the Period |  | Balance December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2013 |
|  | (in millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 225.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (0.9 | ) | $ | 224.7 |  | $ | (24.2 | ) | $ | (0.3 | ) | $ | (24.5 | ) | $ | 200.2 |
EMEA |  |  | 289.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 11.6 |  |  | 301.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 301.3 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 13.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13.3 |
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Total |  | $ | 528.2 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 11.1 |  | $ | 539.3 |  | $ | (24.2 | ) | $ | (0.3 | ) | $ | (24.5 | ) | $ | 514.8 |
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|  | Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
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|  | Gross Balance |  | Accumulated Impairment Losses |  | Net Goodwill |
|  | Balance January 1, 2012 |  | Acquired During the Period |  | Foreign Currency Translation and Other |  | Balance December 31, 2012 |  | Balance January 1, 2012 |  | Impairment Loss During the Period |  | Balance December 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2012 |
|  | (in millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 213.8 |  | $ | 11.7 |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | 225.6 |  | $ | (23.2 | ) | $ | (1.0 | ) | $ | (24.2 | ) | $ | 201.4 |
EMEA |  |  | 281.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 8.6 |  |  | 289.7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 289.7 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 12.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 12.9 |
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Total |  | $ | 507.6 |  | $ | 11.7 |  | $ | 8.9 |  | $ | 528.2 |  | $ | (23.2 | ) | $ | (1.0 | ) | $ | (24.2 | ) | $ | 504.0 |
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Intangible assets |
|  | December 31, |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (in millions) |
Patents |  | $ | 16.6 |  | $ | (12.6 | ) | $ | 4.0 |  | $ | 16.5 |  | $ | (11.7 | ) | $ | 4.8 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 133.0 |  |  | (76.4 | ) |  | 56.6 |  |  | 131.4 |  |  | (65.9 | ) |  | 65.5 |
Technology |  |  | 26.9 |  |  | (10.9 | ) |  | 16.0 |  |  | 27.4 |  |  | (9.0 | ) |  | 18.4 |
Trade names |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | (3.0 | ) |  | 10.7 |  |  | 13.5 |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  | 11.7 |
Other |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | (5.6 | ) |  | 3.2 |  |  | 8.7 |  |  | (5.5 | ) |  | 3.2 |
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Total amortizable intangibles |  |  | 199.0 |  |  | (108.5 | ) |  | 90.5 |  |  | 197.5 |  |  | (93.9 | ) |  | 103.6 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets |  |  | 41.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 41.9 |  |  | 41.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 41.8 |
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Total |  | $ | 240.9 |  | $ | (108.5 | ) | $ | 132.4 |  | $ | 239.3 |  | $ | (93.9 | ) | $ | 145.4 |
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Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits |
|  | (in millions) |
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Balance at January 1, 2013 |  | $ | 4.6 |
Increases related to prior year tax positions |  |  | 0.1 |
Decreases related to prior year tax positions |  |  | (0.2 | )
Settlements |  |  | (3.7 | )
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Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 0.8 |
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Reconciliation of net income and number of shares used to compute net income per share, basic and assuming full dilution |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
|  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share Amount |
|  | (Amounts in millions, except per share information) |
Basic EPS |  | $ | 58.6 |  |  | 35.5 |  | $ | 1.65 |  | $ | 68.4 |  |  | 36.0 |  | $ | 1.90 |  | $ | 66.4 |  |  | 37.3 |  | $ | 1.78 |
Dilutive securities, principally common stock options |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |
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Diluted EPS |  | $ | 58.6 |  |  | 35.6 |  | $ | 1.65 |  | $ | 68.4 |  |  | 36.1 |  | $ | 1.90 |  | $ | 66.4 |  |  | 37.5 |  | $ | 1.78 |
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