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ST Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
ST Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt, consists of the following:
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
3.00% notes, due 2018 |  | $ | 299,643 |  |  | $ | — |
Other short-term borrowings |  | 80,565 |  |  | 93,827 |
|  | $ | 380,208 |  |  | $ | 93,827 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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