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8. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Accumulated other comprehensive income included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity consists of the following components, all net of income taxes (in millions):

	December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	173.1			$	149.0
Other post-employment benefits adjustments	(8.1		)		0.2
Net unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale investments	109.7				49.3
Total Accumulated other comprehensive income	274.7				198.5
Noncontrolling interests Accumulated other comprehensive loss	0.2				0.2
Bio-Rad Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	274.9			$	198.7

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Tabular disclosure of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 220

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 14A

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20435746&loc=SL7669686-108580

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