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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Operating results of discontinued operations |
Federal Signal Technologies |  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
($ in millions) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Net sales |  | $ | 24.9 |  |  | $ | 26.4 |  |  | $ | 87.0 |  |  | $ | 78.6 |
Interest allocated to discontinued operations |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |  |  | — |
Other costs and expenses |  |  | 33.1 |  |  |  | 27.3 |  |  |  | 99.9 |  |  |  | 84.6 |
Loss before income taxes |  |  | (9.9 | ) |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (17.7 | ) |  |  | (6.0 | )
Income tax benefit |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | (7.0 | ) |  | $ | (0.6 | ) |  | $ | (14.2 | ) |  | $ | (5.7 | )
China WOFE |  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
($ in millions) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Net sales |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.2 |
Costs and expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.5 | )
Loss before income taxes |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.3 | )
Income tax benefit |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.3 | )
Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations |
($ in millions) |  | September 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Current assets |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 37.4 |
Properties and equipment |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2.7 |
Long-term assets |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | 93.7 |
Financial service assets, net |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1.0 |
Total assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 2.9 |  |  | $ | 134.8 |
Current liabilities |  | $ | 15.8 |  |  | $ | 22.7 |
Long-term liabilities |  |  | 6.7 |  |  |  | 20.7 |
Financial service liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.9 |
Total liabilities of discontinued operations |  | $ | 22.5 |  |  | $ | 44.3 |

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